At the end of this month, the League Cup final will be staged, with Chelsea taking on Liverpool. Both teams have climbed to the top of Europe in recent years, with the Reds being champions of the 2018/19 Champions League and Chelsea being the defending champions. Surprisingly, the two teams have not won the home country cup for a long time, with Chelsea last winning the FA Cup in 2017/18 and Liverpool going back to the League Cup in 2011/12. Even if the coaching skills of the two German coaches Thomas Tuchel and Klopp are unquestionable, they both lost to the home-based finals. And both teams were in the "awkward" moment of losing streak in the home-grown finals.
Liverpool lost in a second straight
2011/12 FA Cup Final
Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool
Both teams had disappointing league results that season, but had good results in cup competitions, with Liverpool leading the way to win the League Cup and Chelsea to reach the FA Cup and Champions League finals. On the day of the final, Chelsea led in the first and second half with goals from Ramirez and Drogba, but Liverpool replaced Andrew Carroll to make Chelsea's defensive back, the tall England center first chased the score for the team, and the continuous high-altitude bombing in the later part of the game made Chelsea's defense tired of running, Carroll had a close-range "cannonball" head hammer, but thanks to Cech's wonderful save, the score was locked at 2-1, and Liverpool missed the eighth FA Cup title in the history of the team.
2015/16 League Cup Final
Liverpool 1-1 Manchester City (penalty shootout 1-3)
At that time, Liverpool was already coached by Klopp, the League Cup faced Manchester City, first by Fernandinho to take the lead in the goal, but then Liverpool can withstand Manchester City's intensive attack, coupled with Aguero and Otamendi in the penalty area suspected of being violated by the referee's eyes, so that Liverpool with Coutinho's goal at the end of the game to take the game to extra time, and then did not add to the record. In the penalty shootout stage, Liverpool except for Emre Can hit in the first round, the other three rounds were all saved by Willy Caballero, so Even if Manchester City had Fernandinho's first-round mid-post, it was ultimately impossible for Manchester City to win the title, and Klopp led the Reds to the final for the first time but finally returned with a grudge.
Chelsea have lost three straight
2018/19 League Cup final
Chelsea 0-0 Manchester City (penalty shootout 3-4)
The two teams met in the league round on the eve of the final, and as a result, Manchester City 'six eggs' were given to Chelsea. However, Chelsea quickly made adjustments, and the 120-minute fierce battle with Manchester City in the final was not a winner or loser, but there was an episode at the end of the game, and Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa had a minor injury before the game and finally made a comeback. However, the team's secondary goalkeeper is none other than Caballero mentioned above, because he played for Manchester City, understood the characteristics of some former teammates, and the brave performance of the "three-save streak" made the then Chelsea coach Sarri hope to change to Caballero before the penalty shoot-out stage, but because Kepa refused to leave, Chelsea was still controlled by Kepa in the penalty shootout stage. Although Kepa saved Sane's shot, Chelsea had Jorginho and David Luiz missed the championship, and Kepa was not only heavily criticized by the outside world, but also nicknamed "coach" ever since.
FA Cup final 2019/20
Chelsea 1-2 Arsenal
Chelsea had a fantastic start to the battle, leading with Christian Pulisic's goal in the early part of the game, but then the nightmare began, first with captain Azpilicueta and goal hero Christian Pulišć injured, and later in the game, there was midfielder Mateo Kovacic leading the red, plus Arsenal goalscorer Aubameyang, who first personally scored penalties and hits, equalizing the score for the team, and then showing delicate skills to score another goal. In the end, Chelsea were unable to return to the sky with both numbers and scores in the ascendant.
FA Cup final 2020/21
Chelsea 0-1 Leicester City
After Thomas Tuchel took charge, Chelsea advanced to the FA Cup and Champions League finals. However, due to the fact that Chelsea had a key battle for the top four after the final, Chelsea rotated slightly in the final, resulting in most of the first half of the attack being scratched by the boots, and in the second half, Yuri Tillermans, who was temporarily stopped due to a defensive pass error, opened the record first, behind Thomas Tuchel to replace a number of main players, Chelsea's attack was gradually fierce, but Ben Chilwell and Mason Mount's shots were all rejected by Caspar Schmeichel, and chelsea once sent the ball into the net at the end of the game, and was cancelled by Var. In the end, Leicester City won the first FA Cup in team history. Although Chelsea succeeded in revenge in the Premier League, beating Leicester City 2-1 and finally pushing their opponents to finish the league in fourth place, it was a pity that they lost to the FA Cup final for two consecutive seasons.
Chelsea have added two injured men, Mateo Kovacic and Hakim Ziyech, plus Ben Chilwell to form the "Crusaders", but Mason Mount can catch up and return to participate in this crucial battle, and The Liverpool side has Diogo Jota, who has performed well this season, who has not waited. This game, the two teams can not only compete, but also one side can end the trend of the local cup losing streak.