At 00:30 Beijing time on February 28, the final of the 21-22 Premier League Cup was officially opened, with Chelsea against Liverpool. Chelsea and Liverpool are both traditional giants of the Premier League Both teams are strong and extremely competitive in all competitions. Chelsea and Liverpool are Rivals in the Premier League, with countless encounters. In the two meetings this season, Liverpool and Chelsea are not willing to show weakness, and finally drew 1-1 and 2-2 respectively, which can be described as difficult to score. This match will be the third time Chelsea and Liverpool have played each other in the final (excluding the Community Shield and the Super Cup), after Liverpool failed to beat their opponents in the previous two times, and who can win the Premier League Cup this time is in the spotlight.
Chelsea have not been good in recent Premier League Cup matches, and it is difficult to see them in the quarter-finals. Their last time advancing to the final was in the 18-19 season, when the Blues Chelsea and Blue Moon Manchester City met in the final, the two teams exchanged blanks in regular time, and in the final penalty shootout, Chelsea lost to Manchester City 3-4, and finally lost the championship. In this League Cup match, Chelsea performed well, 2-0 clean sheet Brentford in the quarter-finals, and beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 and 1-0 in the semi-finals, and reached the Premier League Cup final again after two seasons, and the team was bound to win the championship.
Before the match, Chelsea officials posted a warm-up poster for the match on social media. In the poster, Azpilicueta, Havertz, Mount and Lukaku appear in the background of the crowded Wembley Stadium, where fans are dressed in blue and the Blues are ready to go.
Liverpool did not perform well in this League Cup match, in the quarter-finals, Liverpool played against Leicester City of the Blue Foxes, the team with Takumi Minamino's injury time goal difficult to draw the opponent, and finally dragged the game into a penalty shootout and completed self-redemption. In the semi-finals, Liverpool faced arsenal in the first leg, and although the team had the upper hand on the field, it did not score substantive goals, and the first leg was helplessly drawn. In the second leg, Liverpool finally began to wake up, Jota scored a two-time easy clean sheet for Arsenal, and the team advanced to the final, and morale soared.
They also posted a warm-up poster for the match before the match, in which Mane, Arnold, Salah, Henderson, Van Dijk and Klopp appeared, behind the venue of the game, Wembley Stadium.
Liverpool's recent performances have been outstanding, in the last round, Liverpool sat away to Leeds United, Van Dijk and Matip made a contribution, Salah and Mane scored twice, the team scored 6-0 bloody opponents, the team is currently facing nine consecutive wins in all competitions, the state is very hot. Chelsea have also been in excellent form recently, with Club World Cup winning their first trophy after the New Year at 2-1 Palmeiras and a 2-0 clean sheet in the last round of the Champions League. Who can win this red and blue battle? Let's wait and see!