2016 Football League Cup Final

2016 Football League Cup Final

Wembley Stadium hosted the final.
Event 2015–16 Football League Cup
Liverpool Manchester City
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Manchester City won 3–1 on penalties
Date 28 February 2016 (2016-02-28)
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match Vincent Kompany (Manchester City)
Referee Michael Oliver
Attendance 86,206

The 2016 Football League Cup Final was an association football match that took place on 28 February 2016.[1] It kicked off at 16:30 GMT.[2] It was the final match of the 2015–16 Football League Cup, the 56th edition of the Football League Cup, a competition for the 92 teams in the Premier League and the Football League. It was contested by Liverpool and Manchester City.[3] The winners also qualified for the Third Qualifying Round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League, unless they will qualify for the season's UEFA Champions League via their league position.[4]

Manchester City won the match, defeating Liverpool 3–1 in a penalty shoot-out after the match had finished 1–1 after extra time.[5]

Background

Liverpool were participating in a record twelfth League Cup Final, having previously won a record eight, most recently in 2012 against Cardiff City. Their last loss was in 2005 to Chelsea.[6][7]

Manchester City made their fifth appearance in the final, having won three previous times, the last of which as recently as 2014 against Sunderland.[8]

Route to the final

Liverpool

Round Opponents Score
3rd Carlisle United (H) 1–1 (3–2 pen)
4th AFC Bournemouth (H) 1–0
5th Southampton (A) 6–1
SF Stoke City (A) 1–0
Stoke City (H) 0–1 (6–5 pen)

Liverpool, as a Premier League team involved in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League, started the competition in the third round. In this they were drawn against Football League Two team Carlisle United, at their home ground, Anfield. After extra time the score was 1–1 but Liverpool advanced after a 3–2 penalty shoot out win.[9] In the fourth round they were drawn at home again, this time against fellow Premier League team AFC Bournemouth; they won the game 1–0 after Nathaniel Clyne's debut goal for Liverpool.[10]

In the quarter finals, they were drawn away to fellow Premier League team Southampton. At St. Mary's Stadium, Liverpool won 6–1 with a hat-trick from Divock Origi, two goals from Daniel Sturridge and one from Jordon Ibe.[11] In the two-legged semi-final, Liverpool were drawn against Stoke City. At the Britannia Stadium, Liverpool won the first leg 1–0 due to a goal from Ibe.[12] However, they lost the second leg 1–0 at Anfield, their first home loss in a League Cup semi-final,[13] necessitating a penalty shoot out which Liverpool won 6–5; goalkeeper Simon Mignolet saved from Peter Crouch and Marc Muniesa with Joe Allen scoring the winner.[13]

Manchester City

Round Opponents Score
3rd Sunderland (A) 4–1
4th Crystal Palace (H) 5–1
5th Hull City (H) 4–1
SF Everton (A) 1–2
Everton (H) 3–1

Manchester City, as a Premier League team involved in the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League, started in the third round, in which they were drawn away against Sunderland. At the Stadium of Light, Manchester City won 4–1 with goals from Sergio Agüero, Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling and an own goal from Vito Mannone.[14] In the next round they were drawn at home against Crystal Palace. At the City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester City won 5–1 with goals from Wilfried Bony, De Bruyne, Kelechi Iheanacho, Yaya Touré and Manu García.[15]

In the quarter-finals, they were drawn against Hull City at home, where they won 4–1 with goals from Bony, Iheanacho and two from De Bruyne.[16] In the semi-finals, they were drawn against Everton where despite losing 2–1 at Goodison Park,[17] Manchester City won 3–1 at the City of Manchester Stadium thus reaching the final 4–3 on aggregate and also preventing a Merseyside derby final.[18]

Match

Details

Liverpool
Manchester City
GK 22Belgium Simon Mignolet
RB 2 England Nathaniel Clyne  53'
CB 21Brazil Lucas Leiva
CB 17France Mamadou Sakho  25'
LB 18Spain Alberto Moreno  65'  72'
CM 14England Jordan Henderson (c)
CM 23Germany Emre Can  85'
RW 7 England James Milner
AM 11Brazil Roberto Firmino  80'
LW 10Brazil Philippe Coutinho  83'
CF 15England Daniel Sturridge
Substitutes:
GK 34Hungary Ádám Bogdán
DF 4 Ivory Coast Kolo Touré  25'
DF 38England Jon Flanagan
MF 20England Adam Lallana  118'  72'
MF 24Wales Joe Allen
FW 9 Belgium Christian Benteke
FW 27Belgium Divock Origi  80'
Manager:
Germany Jürgen Klopp
GK 13Argentina Willy Caballero
RB 3 France Bacary Sagna  90'
CB 4 Belgium Vincent Kompany (c)  87'
CB 30Argentina Nicolás Otamendi  109'
LB 22France Gaël Clichy
CM 6 Brazil Fernando  76'  90'
CM 42Ivory Coast Yaya Touré  118'
RW 25Brazil Fernandinho  119'
AM 21Spain David Silva  110'
LW 7 England Raheem Sterling
CF 10Argentina Sergio Agüero
Substitutes:
GK 1England Joe Hart
DF 5Argentina Pablo Zabaleta  90'
DF 11Serbia Aleksandar Kolarov
DF 26Argentina Martín Demichelis
MF 15Spain Jesús Navas  90'
FW 14Ivory Coast Wilfried Bony  110'
FW 72 Nigeria Kelechi Iheanacho
Manager:
Chile Manuel Pellegrini

Post-match

In winning, Manchester City qualified for the Third Qualifying Round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League, however they may still qualify for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League via their league position. Should this happen, their place in the Europa League will go to the highest placed Premier League team that had not qualified through the league European places.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The 2015–16 fixture list has been released by The FA". thefa.com. The FA. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.capitalonecup.co.uk/news/article/capital-one-cup-final-preview-2974818.aspx
  3. ↑ "League Cup semi final: Liverpool v Stoke". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "UEFA access list 2015–18" (PDF). Kassiesa. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Liverpool 1 Man City 1 (Man City win 3-1 on penalties_". Guardian. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  6. ↑ JJ Bull. "Liverpool vs Stoke City, League Cup semi-final: Mignolet sends Liverpool to Wembley with penalty shootout saves". Telegraph. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  7. ↑ Hunter, Andy. "Joe Allen fires Liverpool to Wembley in shootout win over Stoke City". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  8. ↑ "Manchester City 3–1 Sunderland". BBC. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  9. ↑ "Liverpool 1–1 Carlisle United (3–2 pens)". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "Liverpool 1–0 Bournemouth". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "Southampton 1–6 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "Stoke City 0–1 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  13. 1 2 "Liverpool 0–1 Stoke City (agg 1–1, pens 6–5)". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "Sunderland 1–4 Manchester City". BBC Sport. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  15. ↑ "Manchester City 5–1 Crystal Palace". BBC Sport. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  16. ↑ Jurejko, Jonathan (1 December 2015). "Manchester City 4–1 Hull City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  17. ↑ McNulty, Phil (6 January 2016). "Everton 2–1 Manchester City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  18. ↑ McNulty, Phil (1 January 1970). "Manchester City 3–1 Everton (agg 4–3)". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
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