Relying on Rudiger's goal, Chelsea advanced to the final with a 3-0 aggregate score over two legs after a away victory over Tottenham. However, the course of the campaign was full of twists and turns, with two penalties won by Tottenham and Kane's goal cancelled, and the game was suspended in the final moments.
In the first leg, Chelsea won 2-0 at home, taking advantage of a certain advantage. In the second leg of the clash, Rudiger scored with a header to score the 10th goal of the Blues career. His 10 goals were scored at Stamford Bridge, King Power and Tottenham.
Rudiger then pushed down Kane and Hoybel on the edge of the penalty area, respectively, and after the last foul, the referee awarded a penalty, but changed the free kick after being reminded by VAR.
In the second half, Lucas collapsed after bursting into the box and making contact with Kepa, and the referee awarded a penalty, but after looking back at the slow motion, the referee cancelled the penalty.
Not only that, Kane scored a goal at one point, but the video assistant referee once again believed that Kane was offside and ruled that the goal was invalid.
Two penalties and one goal were cancelled, enough to give referee Marina a headache. In the 87th minute of the match, there was an accident in the stands behind the Blues goal and Marina had to interrupt the game.
Sky Sports revealed that due to a medical accident in the stands, security personnel had to solve the problem on the spot. It took a nearly 6-minute suspension before the game resumed. Trailing by a big score and running out of time, Spurs lost their last hope.
In the end, the Blues advanced to the final with an aggregate score of 3-0, and Tuchel became the eighth England club manager in history to lead the team to the League Cup, FA Cup and Champions League finals.