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Jamie Carragher believes Liverpool’s EFL Cup triumph can be the “springboard” to achieve a remarkable quadruple after they edged Chelsea for a record ninth win in the competition.
Jurgen Klopp’s side sealed their first EFL Cup for a decade with a thrilling 11-10 penalty shoot-out victory following a goalless encounter at Wembley Stadium.
Having pressed back into contention for the Premier League, and still in the FA Cup and Champions League, the Reds are looking at a potentially unprecedented silverware haul.
Former Reds defender Carragher certainly believes they can taste further success in the coming months, and hopes their victory over Thomas Tuchel’s Blues can launch them onto more glory days this season.
“It can be a springboard,” he told Sky Sports. “Liverpool are involved in four trophies, they’ve won the first one, it’s going to be really tough to win the other ones, but this could be a really special season.
“Not just for this group, but Liverpool’s history as a club – to getting close to winning three or four trophies, it could be really special, and this could be the start of it.”
Another former Liverpool player, Jamie Redknapp, raised concerns about Tuchel’s decision to bring Kepa Arrizabalaga on specifically for the shoot-out, with the Spaniard not saving any of Liverpool’s 11 penalties and skied the one he took over the bar.
“I hope it puts to bed the idea of bringing on goalkeepers on for shoot-outs,” Redknapp told Sky Sports. “[Edouard] Mendy’s one of the world’s best goalkeepers, and then you bring on Kepa instead. [It’s] ridiculous.
“I didn’t like his behaviour when the penalties were being taken, and then he took one of the worst penalties you’ll ever see. I don’t understand why you’d do it.”
