Liverpool beat Chelsea: Psychologist's Twitter thread breaks down epic shoot-out

Over the course of a season, we aren’t often treated to a penalty shoot-out where the final tally reads 11-10. However, Liverpool and Chelsea served up a collective masterclass in how to take a spot-kick during Sunday’s Carabao Cup final at Wembley.

Such was the uniqueness of the occasion that the shoot-out-related drama actually began while the game was still in the final few minutes of extra-time, with the game still tied at 0-0.

Realising that penalties were almost inevitable after the two sides couldn’t be split after almost 120 minutes of action, Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel made the controversial call to replace starting goalkeeper Edouard Mendy with his understudy Kepa Arrizabalaga for the shoot-out.

This wasn’t new territory for Tuchel, as he had made the same move back in August in the UEFA Super Cup – when the Blues’ ultimately defeated Villarreal 6-5 on penalties. On that occasion, Kepa crucially managed to save two spot-kicks.

The 27-year-old Spaniard had no such fortune on Sunday, though, barely getting near any of Liverpool’s 11 penalties.

Worse still for Arrizabalaga, he ended up being the first (and only) player to miss a spot-kick, handing Liverpool the League Cup trophy for a record-setting ninth time in their history.

After the match, there was plenty of discussion surrounding Tuchel’s decision to ditch Mendy – who had enjoyed a fine game up until that point – for Kepa, who failed to save a single Reds penalty in the shoot-out.

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While Tuchel certainly had his critics after the move, football psychology expert Geir Jordet has backed the Chelsea boss over the switch.

In a Twitter thread breaking down the