Branislav Ivanovic Heads Blues Into The Capital One Cup Final

Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool (AET, agg 2-1): Branislav Ivanovic heads Blues into the Capital One Cup final in fiery contest... but should Diego Costa have been sent off after stamping on TWO players?

In real terms, it did not make a whole heap of difference when Branislav Ivanovic scored. Liverpool went into extra-time needing to score and, even after Chelsea’s goal, that remained the requirement.

It had been a goal to win, now it was a goal to earn a penalty shoot-out. Yet it wasn’t the mathematics that mattered, but the psychology. Liverpool had given it their best shot, a magnificent shot, a full-throttle, engines screaming, maximum G-force ride of a shot.

And still it wasn’t enough.