When the final kick was delivered, who would have wanted to be in the boots of Kepa Arrizabalaga? Raheem Sterling was setting off on his victory run, the trophy was back in Manchester City’s possession and Pep Guardiola had another piece of silverware for his collection. Yet that told only part of the story bearing in mind the incredible scenes involving Mauricio Sarri, his headstrong goalkeeper and the public show of disobedience that could conceivably accelerate the process of Chelsea looking for another manager.
It was a remarkable finale and an unorthodox one, too, bearing in mind Sarri’s failed attempts to substitute Arrizabalaga just before the game headed into the penalty shootout. Arrizabalaga had gone down twice with cramp in extra time and Sarri wanted to bring on Willy Caballero, a goalkeeper who had saved three penalties for City when they won this competition in 2016 with a shootout victory against Liverpool.
Written by Daniel Taylor at Wembley
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/feb/24/chelsea-manchester-city-carabao-cup-match-report under the title “Manchester City win Carabao Cup on penalties after Chelsea’s Kepa chaos”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
