2005 Football League Cup Final

2005 Football League Cup Final

Event	2004–05 Football League Cup
Liverpool Chelsea 2 3
Date	27 February 2005
Venue	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Referee	Steve Bennett (Kent)
Attendance	78,000
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The 2005 Football League Cup Final was played between Liverpool and Chelsea at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Sunday, 27 February 2005. Chelsea won the match 3–2 after extra time. The two managers; Jose Mourinho of Chelsea and Rafael Benitez of Liverpool were both in their debut seasons with their respective clubs. Both had also won a major European tournament the season before; Mourinho won the Champoins League with FC Porto and Benitez the UEFA Cup with Valencia CF.

Liverpool opened the scoring with John Arne Riise scoring inside the first minute, a League Cup final record. Chelsea retained much of the posession in the second half and eventually equalised after 80 minutes when Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard headed a Paulo Ferreira free-kick into his own net. José Mourinho was ordered to the stands after Chelsea's equaliser for making a gesture to the Liverpool fans of a finger to the lips. Despite the incident, Chelsea continued their dominance into extra time and a goal each from Didier Drogba and Mateja Kežman gave them a 3-1 lead. A minute later Antonio Núñez of Liverpool scored a header — his only ever goal in his one-season spell at Liverpool — but the score remained at 3-2 to Chelsea.

Match details

27 February 2005 15:00	Liverpool	2 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Chelsea	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 78,000 Referee: Steve Bennett (Kent)
	Riise  1' Núñez  113'	Report	Gerrard  79' (o.g.) Drogba  107' Kežman  112'

Liverpool

Chelsea

LIVERPOOL: GK 1 Jerzy Dudek RB 3 Steve Finnan CB 23 Jamie Carragher 117' CB 4 Sami Hyypiä 13' LB 26 Djimi Traoré 35' 67' RM 10 Luis García CM 8 Steven Gerrard (c) CM 16 Dietmar Hamann 79' LM 6 John Arne Riise SS 7 Harry Kewell 56' CF 19 Fernando Morientes 74' Substitutes: GK 20 Scott Carson DF 12 Mauricio Pellegrino DF 25 Igor Bišćan 67' MF 18 Antonio Núñez 56' FW 5 Milan Baroš 74' Manager: Rafael Benítez

CHELSEA: GK 1 Petr Čech RB 20 Paulo Ferreira CB 6 Ricardo Carvalho CB 26 John Terry (c) LB 13 William Gallas 74' DM 4 Claude Makélélé CM 27 Jiří Jarošík 45' CM 8 Frank Lampard 27' RW 10 Joe Cole 81' LW 11 Damien Duff 114' CF 15 Didier Drogba 108' Substitutes: GK 40 Lenny Pidgeley DF 2 Glen Johnson 81' MF 30 Tiago FW 22 Eiður Guðjohnsen 45' FW 9 Mateja Kežman 81' 74' Manager: José Mourinho

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Fourth official: MAN OF THE MATCH John Terry (Chelsea)

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Five named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

Road to Cardiff

Chelsea

Round 3 Chelsea 1–0 West Ham United Round 4 Newcastle United 0–2 Chelsea Quarter-final Fulham 1–2 Chelsea Semi-final (1st leg) Chelsea 0–0 Manchester United Semi-final (2nd leg) Manchester United 1–2 Chelsea (Chelsea won 2–1 on aggregate) Liverpool Round 3 Millwall 0–3 Liverpool Round 4 Liverpool 2–0 Middlesbrough Quarter-final Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Liverpool (Liverpool won 4–3 on penalties) Semi-final (1st leg) Liverpool 1–0 Watford Semi-final (2nd leg) Watford 0–1 Liverpool (Liverpool won 2–0 on aggregate) References External links Match report at Soccerbase LFC History Match Report