On penalties, Manchester City have secured the English League Cup for the second time in a row. The final against Chelsea went after scoreless 120 minutes on penalties, where City won 4: 3. Chelsea's Jorginho missed the blues' first penalty and David Luiz hit the post. Goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga had the chance to bring his team back in between. But Sergio Agüero's shot slipped under the 24-year-old under the body.

At the end of the extension, bizarre scenes took place on the sideline. Chelsea goalkeeper Arrizabalaga was ordered to replace him because of repeated thigh complaints, substitute Willy Caballero was ready. But Arrizabalaga refused to leave the place. Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri was furious, but allowed his keeper to do so.

The team's most recent encounter in the league ended in a 6-0 win for City. Accordingly, Chelsea started restrained in the game, let Manchester undisturbed to come over the center line, and then in the own half to seek the duel. With success: In the first round, the team of Pep Guardiola came only rarely to the conclusion.

Manchester City were winning 4-0. 25 - As of the 25th minute there has been one shot and zero goals at this exact stage of the league meeting between these two weeks ago Manchester City were winning 4-0. Quiet. pic.twitter.com/8daYkh7B10

- OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) February 24, 2019

Due to the defensive orientation, however, Chelsea rarely came into dangerous situations. In case of ball losses of the opponent, the team tried to come by quick switching game before the gate.

Eden Hazard, whom the much-criticized Sarri allowed to play in the Storm Center, often lacked points of attack in counterplay. Nominal strikers Gonzalo Higuaín and Olivier Giroud sat on the bench. In extra time, access Higuaín entered the game, returning Hazard to the usual position on the left wing.

Hazard ignites Chelsea's offensive

It was not until about an hour had passed that Chelsea took more and more offensive actions, and in the 66th minute also had the best chance to take the lead for the time being. Hazard prevailed on the baseline against several city defenders, put on for the advocating N'Golo Kanté, but his shot went over the gate. Ten minutes before, Agüero's goal had been scrapped offside.

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Eden Hazard (left) and Vincent Kompany

After 90 minutes it went scoreless in the extension. There, Chelsea returned to his defensive position and left Manchester the ball. From the possession drew the Citizens a great opportunity in which César Azpilicueta fended off the shot from Agüero fifteen meters away.

The decision was only the penalty shootout, where Chelsea Jorginho and David Luiz forgave. City's only failure by Leroy Sané made up for Raheem Sterling's successful fifth attempt.

FC Chelsea - Manchester City 0-0 and 3: 4 on penalties
Penalty shoot-out:
Ederson holds against Jorginho
0: 1 Gündogan
1: 1 azpilicueta
1: 2 Agüero
2: 2 Emerson
Arrizabalaga holds against Sané
Luiz hits the post
2: 3 B. Silva
3: 3 hazard
3: 4 sterling
London: Arrizabalaga - Azpilicueta, Rüdiger, Luiz, Emerson - Kanté, Jorginho, Barkley (89th Loftus-Cheek) - Pedro (79th Hudson-Odoi), Hazard, Willian (95th Higuain)
Manchester: Ederson - Walker, Otamendi, Laporte (46th Kompany), Zinchenko - De Bruyne (86th Sané), Fernandinho (91st Danilo), D. Silva (79th Gündogan) - B. Silva, Agüero, Sterling
Referee: Jonathan Moss
Yellow cards: Luiz, Rüdiger, Jorginho - Fernandinho
Spectators: 81,775