The Reds won on penalties against Stoke in the semi-final

Liverpool are the most successful club in the history of The English League Cup. The Reds have won the trophy on 8 occasions and have become runners-up three times. Now, they will have the chance to take part in The Capital One Cup’s final for 12th time.
The Merseysiders became the first finalist in The Capital One Cup. Jurgen Klopp’s players won the first leg 1-0 against Stoke at Britannia Stadium, but lost with the same score at Anfield and had to beat The Potters on penalties, in order to qualify for the final match at Wembley. The Reds were lucky to win 6-5 against Stoke on penalties. The hero for Liverpool became the Belgian goalkeeper Mignolet, who saved two shots from the spot. Peter Crouch and Marc Muniesa missed for Stoke.
The only goal in the match at Anfield was scored by Marko Arnautovic in the last minute of the first half. The goal had to be disallowed, because the Austrian forward was in offside position, but the linesman couldn’t see this and Stoke opened in the 45th minute.
Liverpool pressured Stoke in the beginning of the second half. Roberto Firmino had a great chance to score, but his shot deflected off the post. Marko Arnautovic missed a great opportunity for Stoke. He was unlucky to see his shot from a long distance went just wide.
Mamadou Sakho missed with a header later in the match, while Benteke hindered his teammate Flanagan to score in the 75th minute of the game.
Stoke were very close to achieve the victory in the extra time, but Marko van Ginkel was denied by the post. This led to the penalty shootout. Peter Crouch missed first for Stoke City. Then, Emre Can of Liverpool did the same thing. The seventh penalty for Stoke was hit by Marc Muniesa and Mignolet showed a great reflex, saving his shot. The decisive penalty was taken by Joe Allen, who sent Jack Butland in the wrong way and qualified Liverpool for the final.
The Reds will play against Manchester City or Everton in the final. Both City and The Toffees will play tonight at the other semi-final match. The score from the first leg was 2-1 in favour of Everton. So, The Citizens will have to give their best in order to qualify for the final. Neither Manchester City, nor Everton have met Liverpool in a Capital One Cup final so far, so it will be a very interesting match no matter which team qualifies.