The Liverpool Offside - League Cup Final Coverage: Liverpool vs Manchester City, Sunday, February 28tnZeppeline, Trinken, & Pink Badeshortshttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/51345/ltos-fav.png2016-02-29T09:00:02+00:00http://liverpooloffside.sbnation.com/rss/stream/108913932016-02-29T09:00:02+00:002016-02-29T09:00:02+00:00Sturridge Not Fit Enough for Penalties
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<p>If you were hoping that Daniel Sturridge's absence from Liverpool's penalty line-up had anything to do with his motivation, you're welcome to think again.</p>
<p>There are few things worse for a footballer than missing a penalty in a cup final. You feel like you've let your teammates down, you've let the fans down, and in some countries those who have missed have been known to go missing themselves once returning home. But for the reasonable fan or the self-aware player, there's some pride to be had even for those whose shots were saved or just failed to find the target all together. It's a small consolation when the red X graphic appears on screen, but at the very least you can say you had the courage to try.</p>
<p>Good Canadian boy Wayne Gretzky is famous for saying that you miss 100% of the shots you don't take, and in the aftermath of a poor showing during a penalty shoot out for what could have been Jürgen Klopp's first piece of silverware as Liverpool manager, fingers quickly started being pointed in a variety of directions. Klopp was quick to clarify that some who might come under greater scrutiny than others didn't necessarily choose not to participate in the lackluster spot kick showing.</p>
<p>"There was no chance for <span>Daniel (Sturridge)</span>, he had cramps for the last few minutes," <a target="_blank" href="http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-fc-striker-daniel-sturridge-10963235">Klopp explained</a> of his star striker's absence from the penalty line-up. "Everybody who was available took a penalty. We asked the players and these five players said 'yes'.</p>
<p>"We probably should have shot a little bit better than we did. The lads did brilliantly, they know how it works normally but today was not too difficult for the goalkeeper. We were not too lucky, <span>Simon (Mignolet)</span> was really close a few times for us. That's how it is and at the end we have to accept we lost."</p>
<p>Though disappointing in the moment -- and perhaps for a bit as a post-cup final hangover -- <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://liverpooloffside.sbnation.com/">Liverpool's</a> loss feels less deeply tragic in the larger context of where the club is headed. Few would suggest that they won't be back in a cup final under Klopp again in the future, and so while this loss will sting until Wednesday at the very earliest when Liverpool once more face <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://bitterandblue.sbnation.com/">Manchester City</a>, there is an underlying hope that this is the first of many opportunities for silverware under the German manager.</p>
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<p>Liverpool's manager and captain attempt to put the League Cup loss in perspective and draw positives in advance of more high profile fixtures just around the corner. </p> <p class="p1" style="text-align: justify;">Once the sting of a Wembley defeat against <a href="https://bitterandblue.sbnation.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Manchester City</a> wears off, <a href="https://liverpooloffside.sbnation.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Liverpool</a> will have to get down to business again quickly, with a league fixture against - er - Manchester City at Anfield just around the corner followed by crucial Europa League ties against that other Manchester club. For now, however, the manager and the players will be allowed a few moments to reflect on what could have been, and hopefully learn important lessons for the next time.</p>
<p class="p1" style="text-align: justify;">It is almost obligatory for a club to say "we will learn and we will get better" after a big loss, but just five months removed from his mid-season appointment and with more squad retooling over the summer looking likely, Jurgen Klopp can actually say it with a straight face and mean it. Speaking after the match, Klopp was upbeat about his players' performance despite the loss.</p>
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<p class="p1" style="text-align: justify;">"I could be proud about a lot of things the players did today, but I expected we could do things like this so it’s not too easy to be proud of things you think are normal. But they did well in a lot of moments.</p>
<p class="p1" style="text-align: justify;">We opened too early, to be honest, and we didn’t protect our own offensive actions too well. That’s why we changed. With these changes, we changed something in the game – we were really in the game, controlled the game, had good direction and stayed patient.</p>
<p class="p1" style="text-align: justify;">You could see it was really more than possible that we could score the goal. We scored the goal and we could have scored the second one."</p>
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<p class="p1" style="text-align: justify;">Captain Jordan Henderson was likewise proud of his teammates' efforts. This was a match in which Liverpool, while discernibly second best for long spells, showed just enough grit in defence and just enough incisiveness in attack to keep the final result in doubt even after City had pulled ahead and were threatening to overrun Simon Mignolet's goal. After Liverpool equalized, many were wondering instead if a dramatic comeback and first trophy under Klopp were on the cards. It was ultimately not to be, but Henderson believes lack of effort or desire was not a problem.</p>
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<p class="p1" style="text-align: justify;">"To lose on penalties is bitterly disappointing but someone has got to win. But we can take a lot of positives and hopefully the next time we are here we can lift the trophy.</p>
<p class="p1" style="text-align: justify;">You look at the players they were all drained physically, mentally – everything was left out there and I think that’s all you can ask of the players. With a little bit of luck we win the game and lift the trophy, but it just wasn’t our day."</p>
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<p class="p1" style="text-align: justify;">Klopp is no stranger to painful losses. Despite reminding the press after the match that he won his first final, Klopp has also noted in other occasions that he had to learn how to pick himself up after coming oh-so-close to leading Mainz 05 to promotion before succeeding on the third attempt. For some players in the squad, however, this will have been their first final, their first Wembley appearance, their first legitimate shot at a trophy, and perhaps their first brush with almost-glory. For those players, Klopp's post-match words, familiar and rote though they may appear, will bear repeating, especially with a string of equally high-profile and high-stakes encounters looming.</p>
<p class="p1" style="text-align: justify;">"It’s really not the best moment, but that is all. Tomorrow morning we can change everything, but now we can change nothing. That’s the big difference," said Klopp. In the days leading to this match, many observers had noted that a League Cup win might be (yet another) opportunity for Liverpool to kickstart things in the final stages of the season. Now that Liverpool have come away from Wembley with a loss instead of a trophy, Klopp will truly be a magician if he can conjure up some momentum from otherwise painful circumstances.</p>
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<p>A valiant effort at Wembley by Liverpool, but Willy Caballero's heroics and familiar shortcomings mean a first trophy under Jürgen Klopp will have to wait. </p> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="p1"> </p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;" class="p1">Before taking the reins at Borussia Dortmund, and long before becoming one of the hottest names on wishlists for clubs changing managers, Jürgen Klopp famously led Mainz 05 twice to the precipice of Bundesliga promotion before reaching the promised land. On more than one occasion, Klopp has referred to that promotion as being, at least in his mind, the first "trophy" he won during his managerial career. For such a famously successful manager, Klopp knows very well that winning is an extraordinarily difficult thing, and that more often than not, it is built on a foundation of painful losses.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="p1">If Liverpool do eventually find success with Klopp in the future, today's <strike>Milk</strike> <strike>Coca-Cola</strike> <strike>Worthington</strike> <strike>The Other One</strike> League Cup final loss against <a href="https://bitterandblue.sbnation.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Manchester City</a> will almost certainly have a place in that foundation. Against a more talented and deeper squad, but one that they had vanquished emphatically in the recent past, Liverpool laboured valiantly at Wembley before succumbing to Willy Caballero's goalkeeping heroics. In doing so, they provided a capsule summary of their season so far, at times displaying brilliance, and at others, familiar shortcomings.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="p1">Klopp promised before the match that the players would show their desire to win. On this promise, at least, Liverpool delivered. From the opening whistle there was a healthy amount of trademark aggression, but that was to be expected. Encouragingly for Liverpool supporters, the front three of Sturridge, Firmino and Coutinho combined in eye-catching fashion, inviting the fullbacks to join the raids. Alberto Moreno was the first beneficiary, latching on to a Sturridge flick in the first minute to force a save from Caballero.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="p1">City were content to weather the early storm, and after Sterling won a free kick just outside the box on the left, began to assert themselves more forcefully in this contest. This was a match full of activity and events, all of which somehow conspired to generate very little football of the quality that both sides are capable of showing. As Liverpool's initial incisiveness appeared to have been blunted, the focus turned to the very physical contests between Lucas and Aguero, on the one hand, and Clyne vs. Sterling on the other.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="p1">Both Aguero and Sterling, the latter clearly with something to prove against his former club, caused panic each time they sashayed forward, but Lucas and Clyne proved their equals, at least in terms of tenacity. Indeed, Lucas at centreback was something of a revelation, at least in the early going. Though the experiment was no longer a novelty, Lucas continued to magically appear where Liverpool needed him most, harrying, blocking and clearing.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="p1">A painful accidental clash of heads between <span>Emre Can</span> and <span>Mamadou Sakho</span> soon after the first quarter of an hour preceded a spell of ascendancy for City, which culminated in an Aguero shot that Mignolet was just barely able to turn onto the post. With Sakho appearing to struggle in the wake of his knock, Liverpool took no chances and brought on Kolo Toure for Sakho, much to the latter's displeasure.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="p1">Both teams had their chances after the substitution. A lazier recap might say that it was "<i>end-to-end stuff</i>" at that point, but nobody likes a sports cliché, so let's just say both teams were competing to show "<i>who wanted it more</i>." City looked disturbingly lethal almost every time they broke forward, with a certain <span>David Silva</span> growing more comfortably into his game, which is never a good sign for the opposition.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="p1">Somehow, the players trudged off at halftime with the scoreline still at 0-0, though it wasn't for lack of trying. There were no changes when City kicked off the second half, but a few trends that had started to emerge late in the first half picked up their pace. <span>Jordan Henderson</span>, though quietly effective, had also been guilty of more than one misplaced pass, and it was his error that allowed City to break and find Aguero in space. Aguero's shot was ultimately pedestrian, and Lucas and Mignolet were happy to see it fly harmlessly over.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="p1">City had, however, been doing a progressively better job of finding David Silva in space, and this eventually cost Liverpool. Allowed the room to dictate proceedings, Silva was able to start a move that culminated in Aguero finding a roaming Fernandinho, who slotted home under Mignolet's body. The angle was tight but the shot was almost directly at the Liverpool keeper, who will justifiably have been upset at not doing better.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="p1">To their credit, Liverpool shook off the setback and pressed hard in search of an equalizer. If nothing else, a willingness to fight on in the face of adversity has also been a hallmark of Liverpool under Klopp. Milner and Sturridge started off a sequence of "almost" plays and "nearly" goalscoring opportunities for both sides, with Liverpool's No. 7 unable to find the target after Sturridge played him in.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="p1">Next, <span>Raheem Sterling</span> sought to emulate <a href="https://thebusbybabe.sbnation.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Manchester United</a> goalscoring legend Marcus Rashford, but could only summon up Raheem Sterling levels of finishing ability and shot wide with the goalmouth at his mercy. Moments later, it was Aguero's turn to be clear on goal when an outstretched Alberto Moreno leg seemed to have brought him down in the area. The defender's flailing effort looked foolish in retrospect, and referee Michael Oliver's only defence for not blowing the whistle will have been that it looked as though Moreno had knocked the ball free.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="p1">With City in control and Liverpool not quite on the back foot, but also not doing anything of note, Klopp brought on <span>Adam Lallana</span> for Moreno in the 71st minute. Divock Origi followed in the 80th minute, replacing Roberto Firmino. The fresh legs and new threat started to pay dividends, and when <span>Daniel Sturridge</span> fired in a low cross after some pinging and ponging in the box, Lallana cleverly passed to Coutinho using the City post (at least that's how Lallana will describe it to his grandchildren). Coutinho powered home from twelve yards, and Liverpool were level.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="p1">Liverpool's goal precipitated an even more frantic closing ten minutes. Fatigue and pressure led to more nearly moments for both sides, but nerves and goalkeepers held firm. Mignolet, in particular, seized the opportunity to reshape the narrative following his part in City's goal, and reeled off a string of impressive reflex saves that ensured the teams were level when Michael Oliver called full time.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="p1">When extra time commenced, <span>Pablo Zabaleta</span> and Jesus Navas replaced <span>Bacary Sagna</span> and Fernando respectively. Mignolet continued his string of saves, this time denying Aguero, while Caballero was also forced into action against Divock Origi. The spectre of penalties seemed, however, depressingly inevitable, and sure enough, extra time elapsed without further goals. It was here that Caballero decided to play hero, while Liverpool were unable to sustain the coolness they had displayed in earlier shootouts in this competition. Lucas, Coutinho and Lallana were denied, and after Yaya Touré converted, City added another trophy to collection, while Liverpool returned to the waiting lounge.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="p1">"If my first success was promotion with Mainz then I really had to learn the hard way. To not get what you want twice and to then have to go a third time, that was hard," Klopp once said of his first managerial opportunity. A bit of perspective is perhaps warranted when looking back on to this defeat. Liverpool have no small amount of work to do in the last remaining fixtures and over the summer, but today will have provided clearer indication of what needs to be done. As the manager himself put it, "you have to feel a defeat, you can't say it wasn't important. You always have to strike back."</p>
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<p>With a loss against Manchester City in the books, we want to know how you would rank Liverpool's performers and who your Man of the Match is.</p> <p>The say no one cares about the League Cup until you win it, but you still kinda care about it if you lose it in the final. Despite losing <span>Mamadou Sakho</span> early on in the match due to concussion, <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://liverpooloffside.sbnation.com/">Liverpool</a> kept a clean sheet through the first half and pulled level with <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://bitterandblue.sbnation.com/">Manchester City</a> in the second half thanks to a <span>Philippe Coutinho</span> goal whose celebration earned the Brazilian a yellow card. Neither team could find a go ahead goal in either regulation or added extra time, and Liverpool lost on penalties thanks to some not spectacularly well taken efforts from <span>Lucas Leiva</span>, Coutinho, and <span>Adam Lallana</span>.</p>
<p>Now let us know how you saw things. Clicking the thumbs up button is a vote to move the player up the list-or to help keep them on top. Hitting thumbs down is a vote to push that player closer to the bottom. It's half Man of the Match poll and half player rankings, and we want to use it to find out who you think played well after each Liverpool match and, at the other end, who you'd maybe like to see given the next game off.</p>
<p>At the end of the month we'll go back through the results of that month's Ranker polls to hold a Player of the Month vote. Then, at the end of the season, the monthly results will help to determine The Liverpool Offside's Player of the Season and Young Player of the Season. </p>
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<b>Pregame Thoughts: </b>Pellegrini's selection of Sagna, Clichy, and Caballero should be an insult to <span>Philippe Coutinho</span>, <span>Roberto Firmino</span>, and Dan Sturridge. Let's eat.<br><br>
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<div align="justify">A little less conversation, a little more action from that early, low ball in from Moreno and it maybe reaches either of Bobby and Phil, who were arriving well.<br><br>
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<div align="justify">Jürgy's lookin dapper AF. NO LOOK PASS WE HAVE A NO LOOK PASS ALERT<br><br>
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<div align="justify">This lineup is starting to look very comfortable for Liverpool. On the ball, at least.<br><br>
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<div align="justify">Yaya with a ridiculous run up the gut, passed three defenders, and feeds Sagna, almost getting it back on a crashing header in the box. Well cleared by the Reds.<br><br>
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<div align="justify">Someone tell Mama we'll be the team wearing Red today. Scary moment as both him and Emre go through no concussion protocol after a severe clashing of heads.<br><br>
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<div align="justify">Fernando Reges looks to be catching his stride in this City side. Still would have been a great signing for Liverpool when he was coming over from Portugal.<br><br>
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<div align="justify">Hendo giving Sterling the full beans on a slide and gets his aggressiveness turned against him with a nutmeg by City's #7. Helluva competition there between two of England's best.<br><br>
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<div align="justify">An unholy City break gives Aguero the chance to add to Sakho's concussion with a broken ankle. What a turn that was. And a spank that hits the upright after excellent positioning/read from Migs to cut Aguero's angle that bit wide.<br><br>
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<div align="justify">Seriously, though, rough day at the office for Mama. Kololol comes on. Mama throws tantrum, but seriously both him and Can should have come off immediately.<br><br>
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<div align="justify">Anytime we get Coutinho on the ball today, he's making something happen with his passing. <br><br>
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<div align="justify">Otamendi's entire follicular stylings are as ridiculous as his defending is robust and ruthless. <br><br>
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<div align="justify">No, but Coutinho almost got enough action on the shot to slam it into the side netting. Continue feeding him.<br><br>
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<div align="justify">Stadium rings with boos every time Sterling's on the ball, but City are about as scarily direct on the break as could be feared.<br><br>
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<div align="justify">Clyne-Hendo-Milner have given as good, so far, but it's so deadly every time Silva comes over to compound a Yaya to Sterling connection. Silva has that impact pretty much everywhere he's going today. <span>David Silva</span> may have a future in this game.<br><br>
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<div align="justify">Lucas with a one-footed, sliding deathpedo on Aguero. Good to know the Brazil-Argentina rivalry is still alive and well, then.<br><br>
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<b>Halftime:</b> Liverpool really have had some nice, progressive play on the ball today. Either team would have been worthy of a goal there. Our halftime team talk includes nommy omelette, bacon, and friendly neighborhood costa rican blend.<br><br>
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<b>****GOAL**** </b><i>Fernandinho 49'</i> Aguero held it up well as Moreno either failed to get called off by Lucas or didn't listen, allowing Fernandinho daylight on the overlap. At any rate, da fuq was that, Simon?<br><br>
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<div align="justify">Studge a little peripheral as he quietly drifts wide, waiting for his chance. Be an awful nice time to start getting some shots in, DS15.<br><br>
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<div align="justify">Holy schnikes that was a nice interchange to present Milly with a left footer from the corner of the 6. Still not on target, though.<br><br>
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<div align="justify">Phil still havin fun out there.<br><br>
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<div align="justify">Hot damn we got sliced apart like a nice prosciutto there.<br><br>
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<div align="justify">And then he goes back for Fernandinho to make sure he does get called for something. Get him out of the game.<br><br>
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<div align="justify">Game's slowed down, City falling into their rhythm for skillful interchange in possession. This easily goes 2-0 if Liverpool can't change things.<br><br>
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<div align="justify">Incredible interception and dribble to take possession and get out of trouble from Lucas, there. Absolutely needed that.<br><br>
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<b>****GOAL**** </b><i>PHILIPPE COUTINHO 83'. </i>ALL BABIES HAVE PHIL ALL BABIES HAVE <br><br>
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<b>Extra Time:</b> So it's come to this.<br><br>
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<p align="justify">We'll be back shortly to take an in-depth look at everything that happened in today's game with the full recap. Until then, let us know your take on the ups and downs of the match in the comments, and if you haven't already, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sbnation.com/account/setup?community_id=373">join the community on the Liverpool Offside,</a> where we'll have full coverage and lively in-game discussion for every match this season.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">A replay of that <a href="https://twitter.com/LFC">@LFC</a> goal, scored after some serious penalty box PINBALL. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CapitalOneCupFinal?src=hash">#CapitalOneCupFinal</a> <a href="https://t.co/AFuEiVxVFC">https://t.co/AFuEiVxVFC</a></p>
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<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://liverpooloffside.sbnation.com/">Liverpool</a> have equalized against <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://bitterandblue.sbnation.com/">Manchester City</a> just 7 minutes from full-time in the Captial One Cup final! <span>Philippe Coutinho</span> was the man in the right place at the right time to bang in a rebound after Adam Lallana's effort banged off the post. It's game on!</p>
https://liverpooloffside.sbnation.com/liverpool-social-facebook-stories-fanshots/2016/2/28/11129536/philippe-coutinho-goal-capital-one-cup-final-man-city-highlightsRob Usry2016-02-28T13:30:02+00:002016-02-28T13:30:02+00:00Matchday: Liverpool vs. Manchester City
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<p>Team sheets, television and streaming options, and live coverage as Liverpool face off against Manchester City in the League Cup Final at Wembley Stadium.</p> <p>Jürgen Klopp leads Liverpool into Wembley to face off against Manuel Pellegrini's Manchester City for all of the League Cup marbles. Grab your beverage of choice, your favorite seat, and your lucky totem. This one ends in silver one way or the other.</p>
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<p><strong>Full Preview: </strong>Liverpool vs. Manchester City</p>
<p><strong>Kickoff-time: </strong>4:30PM GMT/11:30AM EST from Wembley Stadium.:</p>
<p><strong>Television:</strong> Sky Sports 1 (UK); beIN Sports (USA); beIN Sports Australia (Australia); beIn Sports Canada (Canada); Ten HD (India); SuperSport 3 Africa (Kenya); No Coverage (Malaysia); Eleven (Singapore); other listings at <a href="http://www.livesoccertv.com/">LiveSoccerTV</a></p>
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<strong>Online Streaming:</strong> Sky Go Extra (UK); beIN Sports Connect U.S.A. (USA)</div>
<p><strong>Online Radio:</strong> BBC Radio 5 Live, <a href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1516590&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.liverpoolfc.com%2Fvideo&referrer=sbnation.com&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fliverpooloffside.sbnation.com%2F2016%2F2%2F28%2F11125874%2Fliverpool-manchester-city-2016-league-cup-tv-schedule-kickoff-time-online-streaming" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" target="_blank">LFCTV GO</a> (International)</p>
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<p align="center">Mignolet<br>Clyne / Lucas / Sakho / Moreno<br>Henderson/Can<br> Milner / Firmino / Coutinho<br>Sturridge</p>
<p>Bench: Bogdan, Toure, JON FLANAGAN!!!, Allen, Lallana, Origi, Benteke</p>
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<p align="center">Caballero<br>Sagna / Kompany / Otamendi / Clichy<br>Fernando / Fernandinho<br> Sterling / Toure Yaya / Silva<br>Aguero</p>
<p>Bench: Hart, Zabaleta, Kolarov, Demichelis, Navas, Bony, Iheanacho</p>
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<p>Five questions to pass the time as we wait for kick off from Wembley Stadium.</p> <p>1) Will Kolo Toure get a chance to start so he can face his brother Yaya Toure?</p>
<p>2) Is there room for <span>Lucas Leiva</span> to make his first Wembley appearance?</p>
<p>3) <span>James Milner</span> and <span>Adam Lallana</span>: one, both, neither?</p>
<p>4) Klopp is guaranteed to start <span>Philippe Coutinho</span>, <span>Roberto Firmino</span>, and <span>Daniel Sturridge</span>, yes?</p>
<p>5) Final score?</p>
<p>Bonus: What's your favourite championship or cup win of all time? Could be <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://liverpooloffside.sbnation.com/">Liverpool</a>, or could be a different team entirely.</p>
https://liverpooloffside.sbnation.com/2016/2/28/11127852/pre-manchester-city-overnight-open-threadStitch Invader