Chelsea v Liverpool: Carabao Cup final – live!

LIVE – Updated at 16:37

Minute-by-minute report: Will Thomas Tuchel back up last season’s Champions League trophy or can Jürgen Klopp manage his first Wembley win? Find out with Simon Burnton.

6 mins: What a chance for Chelsea! From a left-wing throw-in they play the ball across to the right - a lovely backheel flick from Kovacic along the way - from where Azpilicueta’s low centre finds Pulisic unmarked on the six-yard line, but he sidefoots straight at Kelleher!

4 mins: Havertz has the ball in the middle with Alonso running to his left and Kante bombing through the middle. He misses the pass down the centre, and Alexander-Arnold beat Alonso to his ball out wide.

2 mins: Liverpool have had most of the ball in these opening exchanges, but with constant hounding from their opponents haven’t been able to do much with it.

1 min: Peeeeeeep! The English League Cup final is under way!

The Thiago news is a serious blow for Liverpool. He is in tears on the bench, being consoled by Alisson.

The players are out, and the entire stadium is standing for a few moments in support of Ukraine.

Meanwhile the Telegraph is reporting that “trustees of Chelsea’s charitable foundation have not yet agreed to Roman Abramovich’s idea to hand them ‘stewardship’ of the club” because “they have major unanswered questions” and “do not want to act or be seen as a front”.

Here’s what Thomas Tuchel says about his decision to leave out Romelu Lukaku:

If you look at the history he starts a lot of matches, but today for us is a bit more about running, and running behind the line, and Kai, Christian and Mason are today, from a tactical point of view, a bit a better fit, and it’s very nice to have Romelu off the bench to influence the game.

Thiago has been