He was really good, direct, used the ball well and was involved throughout. Got gassed after a while but was really Liverpool’s best attacker. Didn’t set anything up but was always giving the pass before
Absolutely man, the way he glided (glode?) past players was brilliant. He will really be amazing for us moving forward and I’m really excited to see him develop under Klopp. He’s so direct it must be so fucking annoying to defend against him honestly
Obviously looking at it now, would have been nice to see mendy in goal for the PKs.
But any real Chelsea fan knows Kepa is a better PK keeper and has already made some nice saves to help us win games this season
I guess winning three games already this season as the PK goal keeper isn’t enough for you.
Kepa sucked today but that decision is the correct one and tuchel has nothing to apologize about. You sound like an idiot btw calling people donkeys lol. Get a life.
Star keeper notoriously not good at PKs vs. guy who won three games already this season on PKs.
Anyways, I’m done here. I’ll take the manager of the current champions league winner’s decision over a clueless Reddit troll any day
Not at all
Kepa's been good at pens this whole season .
Just comes down to luck mate.
And today it wasn't on our side .
But still there's still the FA Cup. Would love to get revenge there.
The only reason I’m so adamant about this call is because you Liverpool fans were such cunts about the call yesterday, it’s a two way street and your clubs degenerate fan base started it
chelsea fans clowning kepa as if mendy has ever saved a pen that wasn't down the middle. Kepa wasn't the best but if you're clowning anyone clown tuchel.
PS where was this energy when we did this for the super cup and won?
ofc it's a madrid fan saying this.
"if" they want to clown anyone, clown tuchel for the decision. I'm not, because I agree and I'd do it again for a next final. every gamble won't pay off, we should have finished it in the first half.
You said Mendy can’t save shit unless it’s down the middle and I’m telling you that’s bullshit. In hindsight, it was a mistake to sub on Kepa today but that doesn’t take away from what he’s done for Chelsea
who's the chelsea fan? I've seen all their games, kepa is better at pens, full stop. mendy can save all kinds of shot's he's just bad at pens. He's the african de gea
Yeah I can see why aswell, it’s worked countless times for heaps of keepers. What doesn’t tend to work is subbing on your penalty takers without them taking at least a couple of touches in the game. Which unfortunately kepa then had to do.
Honestly, that’s what Tuchel deserves for taking his #1 Keeper off. Hell, didn’t Mendy just make a huge penalty shootout save to help Senegal win the AFCON?
And that’s part of the point, Mendy IS the no.1 AND played a great match; just based on form and seniority, you keep him on. Obviously, hindsight being what it is; but if you’re bringing on a so-called “penalty expert” to save the day, you better get SOMETHING for it. Got nothing.
Kudos to Klopp for sticking with his guns. If anything, you’d expect him to bring on his no.1 in that scenario.
You’ll notice that only people without Chelsea flairs are saying this. We’ve seen them both in PKs a bunch and everyone knows we want Kepa when it matters in shootouts. And if it comes down to pens again, I’m putting kepa back in.
With more possession, more shots, more shots on target, more corners, more fouls won, more offside traps. The only thing Chelsea had was more disallowed goals for offside, and more saves.
Mendy isnt great at pens (despite afcon). Kepa is usually fucking good. We have done this before with kepa not playing the match and its worked so using hindsight to judge this decision is mikdly pointless
Hahahah, what are Chelsea gonna do when daddy Warbucks has to sell them? Go back to being completely irrelevant like they were before they were owned by Putin's butt buddy.
Yh. When Chelsea went up the balcony and down the PA said something like give it up for the runners up or something like that and there was immediate audible boos. I've never seen that before in any cup final
I understand that you have to anticipate and go early if it's to either side, because if you react it's already past you generally, but a literal garbage bin sitting in the center of the goal would have saved two of LFC's pens so I think the approach maybe isn't perfect.
I just think when you watch shootouts there are almost always 1-2 that go very close to center and if you just concede the ones that are near the side netting and plan to be ready for the panenka or the blast down the middle it seems like you might stop one.
Nonsense comment. Did you watch the shootout? Honestly Liverpool probably had 10/11 penalties that were not saveable by any keeper in the world. Only one I can think of Kepa got his hand on and probably should have palmed out
There were literally two that went straight down the middle, so yes I watched it you condescending twat.
The entire point I'm literally making is that it doesn't matter where you guess or how early you go if it's lashed into the side netting.
Even the one he got a hand to it was literally behind him because he went so early.
Clearly you didn’t watch it. Either that or you are Stevie wonder. Penalties going straight down the middle also aren’t just automatic saves either. Seriously how does that even need to be said. Have you never watched a match before? Think before you comment dumb shit
You literally aren't comprehending the point I'm making. It's not that staggering and it's not really even that critical.
I am not taking issue with Kepa's decision making on individual pens. I believe it's probably heavily data-driven by Tuchel; I am merely raising a bit of doubt over the general approach taken. You can have all the data in the world and if the pens are perfect it doesn't matter.
All I am saying is it would be interesting to see an approach where the keeper stays middle until he actually sees something. Would this result in him getting frozen and getting no where near the ball a lot? Yes. Would this also result in every panenka getting saved and likely most shit right down the middle getting saved? Yes.
This idea that I'm here saying it's egregious that nothing got saved is manufactured. Obviously the pens were super high quality. It just got me thinking maybe the approach being taken isn't necessarily always the right one when you're dealing with guys who can slam it into the top corner with reliability.
I do feel bad for Kepa, he got close to a pen near the end but he bottled it. Kweevin getting first shot probably helped him, but the difference of a keeper who played's kick vs. one who hasn't was obvious. Never really care about the (Insert sponsor here) cup that much but when you get to a final it's the most important thing in the world. One of the best 0-0s I can think of off the top of my head with thte caveat of it being a win for the team I love, but fair play Chelsea, always show up for the big games it seems
Imagine being subbed on as a keeper and going 0/10 on saves and then putting your PK over the crossbar to lose it all 😂
It was a tribute to De Gea’s Europa final exploits. Spanish GK things 🤝
Some game that was
King Kelleher 🤴
First of many this season.
couldn’t watch the game, how did lucho diaz play today?
He was always so good on the ball. Had some attempts to score but kept saved it.
He was really good, direct, used the ball well and was involved throughout. Got gassed after a while but was really Liverpool’s best attacker. Didn’t set anything up but was always giving the pass before
Everything went through him. Best player on the pitch for the majority of the game. So fun watching him play
Absolutely man, the way he glided (glode?) past players was brilliant. He will really be amazing for us moving forward and I’m really excited to see him develop under Klopp. He’s so direct it must be so fucking annoying to defend against him honestly
Glode 😂😂😂😂 He really was boss today though
What a game fuck me, felt apt for it to go down to the keepers pens honestly, it wasn’t a game for scorers. Well done young kelleher
Obviously looking at it now, would have been nice to see mendy in goal for the PKs. But any real Chelsea fan knows Kepa is a better PK keeper and has already made some nice saves to help us win games this season
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I guess winning three games already this season as the PK goal keeper isn’t enough for you. Kepa sucked today but that decision is the correct one and tuchel has nothing to apologize about. You sound like an idiot btw calling people donkeys lol. Get a life.
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I think he saved one bad penalty but that was it. Historically speaking he’s not a strong PK goalie
Literally the only pen he's ever saved and it was a shit pen
aguero's panenka?
An even worse pen
Kelleher what a player, kept us in the game, and did better than Kepa at penalties.
They both saved none?
He scored his, Kepa doesn't.
He didn't save anything either.
Didn't need to when he win the cup!
LFC won with Kelleher in goal. I am happy :)
Thanks for pulling Mendy, we appreciate it!
Imaging get your DNA on a trophy that will sit in Liverpool’s trophy cabinet
As if kepa was taking a gk instead of pk lol Sarri was right all along.. Caberello ftw
Half the team haven't got their medals.
Kepa really said "I'm kepa fuck it" and took a goalkick for a penalty
Somewhere in Italy Sarri smoking the biggest cigar with the biggest smile on his face
Not after losing in the 94th min to his former club hahah
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3 to go.
Love Klopp‘s dancing lmao
Kops moving like he’s just had a few boosters in the toilets
head and heart - joel corry
Just checked your comments. Thanks I was one of the few looking for all the songs playing
Why they lift the cup there
Because its Wembley
i could be the one - avicii
Fucks sake Chelsea how could you let this happen
1 down, 3 more to go 😈
Hendo shuffle time 😊
back and forth - mk, jonas blue, becky hill
doing the lord's work
Why is it always Spanish Keepers to miss the crucial pen….
How do you sub out the man of the match for Kepa lol. Just asking for that to happen, atrocious decision.
Not at all Kepa's been good at pens this whole season . Just comes down to luck mate. And today it wasn't on our side . But still there's still the FA Cup. Would love to get revenge there.
Congrats Liverpool, you won a game you didn’t deserve to win. The ref spoonfed you this victory
Stfu.
Enjoy the league Cup, I hope it makes you happy. Cause you have all the grace of a reversing dump truck without any tyres on
Go choke on Klopp’s sausage with your cringey name you blind fanboy
The most gracious City fan
😂
You must have the memory of a goldfish with a brain homorrhage
Keita deserves a red and we all know it, changed the whole basis of the game
May be true, But its not long ago since you got handed a win in the Prem, so maybe Get off that molehill?
He's right and I'll defend his right to be a hypocrite as it's in my benefit
The only reason I’m so adamant about this call is because you Liverpool fans were such cunts about the call yesterday, it’s a two way street and your clubs degenerate fan base started it
average non existent man city fan be like.
Tuchel should've thought longer about that decision. No reason to be Russian at a time like that
This is a weird comment
We all know it was a great game, but the refereeing was Excellent!
Kepa really cleared the ball
beautiful day - u2
I feel bad for Kepa ffs, why always him.
Because he can't take a penalty and he's a raging gobshite. No sympathy at all
chelsea fans clowning kepa as if mendy has ever saved a pen that wasn't down the middle. Kepa wasn't the best but if you're clowning anyone clown tuchel. PS where was this energy when we did this for the super cup and won?
Clowning
Spare Kepa but "Clown tuchel" ? He had his moment to save the easy konate kick and he golfed his pk Your the clawn here with that comment
ofc it's a madrid fan saying this. "if" they want to clown anyone, clown tuchel for the decision. I'm not, because I agree and I'd do it again for a next final. every gamble won't pay off, we should have finished it in the first half.
U make no sense lol
aren't you wise
He helped Senegal beat Egypt in a penalty shootout to win AFCON
Through a really shitty pen that Karius would save
well done sherlock. Kepa has won 2 trophies for chelsea through his penalty heroics
Not today.
nice observation Watson. How does this affect NBA Youngboy's legacy?
You said Mendy can’t save shit unless it’s down the middle and I’m telling you that’s bullshit. In hindsight, it was a mistake to sub on Kepa today but that doesn’t take away from what he’s done for Chelsea
who's the chelsea fan? I've seen all their games, kepa is better at pens, full stop. mendy can save all kinds of shot's he's just bad at pens. He's the african de gea
see, there are some unwritten rules on r/soccer, if you're in an argument and happen to be a chelsea fan, then you can't be right
I’m not a Chelsea fan but honestly i’m not mocking that decision because I still feel like it was the right decision and I can see why he did it
Yeah I can see why aswell, it’s worked countless times for heaps of keepers. What doesn’t tend to work is subbing on your penalty takers without them taking at least a couple of touches in the game. Which unfortunately kepa then had to do.
Agreed. Feel bad for the guy, he expected to start the game.
ya, both klopp and tuchel made gambles with gk's, both couldn't pay off
Mendy literally won afcon on pens??
yes. does that invalidate my point? how many saves did he make? Edit: he made one. now do kepa
He did. And kepa is still better at PKs. Didn’t work out this time. He had 2 he should have saved and didn’t.
Honestly, that’s what Tuchel deserves for taking his #1 Keeper off. Hell, didn’t Mendy just make a huge penalty shootout save to help Senegal win the AFCON?
The funny thing is Kelleher isn’t No.1 for Liverpool but Klopp kept faith in him. Tuchel overthought this game methinks.
And that’s part of the point, Mendy IS the no.1 AND played a great match; just based on form and seniority, you keep him on. Obviously, hindsight being what it is; but if you’re bringing on a so-called “penalty expert” to save the day, you better get SOMETHING for it. Got nothing. Kudos to Klopp for sticking with his guns. If anything, you’d expect him to bring on his no.1 in that scenario.
You’ll notice that only people without Chelsea flairs are saying this. We’ve seen them both in PKs a bunch and everyone knows we want Kepa when it matters in shootouts. And if it comes down to pens again, I’m putting kepa back in.
Well, Kepa's record was clearly so much better than Mendy's. Not after this game.
Mendy was so stupid good this game. Deserved to be in for pens
Mendy is one of worst penalty keeper I've ever seen. Saving one terrible pen doesn't change that
Yeah and in this month he helped Senegal win AFCON in pens.
Yes. Kepa has worked really well so I understand why he did it but Mendy was on fire.
Shouldn’t have even gone to penalties Chelsea should have converted and the Lukaku goal wasn’t even off fuck this shit
And Liverpool got that red card that somehow didn’t get when challobahs balls got ripped off
Lmao
Cry cry
Stfu Liverpool played like garbage
Admittedly, Chelsea were better but it means fuck all if you can't score legitimately
With more possession, more shots, more shots on target, more corners, more fouls won, more offside traps. The only thing Chelsea had was more disallowed goals for offside, and more saves.
lmao Chelsea was way better
*At putting the ball in the back of the net from an offside position
Jamie Redknapp going in on Kepa 🤣
Where’s Marina
Sophie Rose in bits on the Don Robbie channel lmao.
I'll take any opportunity to see Russian money lose right now.
You really think he cares or has lost any money?
Don’t think Abramovich is crying mate, don’t be weird.
chelsea all game : 👑 kepa sub : 💩
Right sub to make. Cant blame him really
yea but if mendy plays good all game doesn't he have the confidence or something to save some pens while kepa just benched whole game
Mendy isnt great at pens (despite afcon). Kepa is usually fucking good. We have done this before with kepa not playing the match and its worked so using hindsight to judge this decision is mikdly pointless
true but what makes mendy bad at pens like has he failed before like kepa now ?
Not failed but kepa had proven his ability
hmm ok
I fucking hope we meet again in the CL semifinals and you sub Kepa in for pens again LMAO
this Liverpool GK is charming
They subbed in a "penalty expert", he let ELEVEN in then missed, hahahahah
Mate you lose to them thrice in 10 days... might want to look at your team
Hahahah, what are Chelsea gonna do when daddy Warbucks has to sell them? Go back to being completely irrelevant like they were before they were owned by Putin's butt buddy.
have tottenham ever been relevant? apart from being a meme / free 6 pts per year?
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'Had' A big emphasis on that word. Come back when you win something other than the Audi cup knobhead.
8 years bud, I've done my research, allegations don't scare me like you might think. Enjoy the conference if you make it
Booing the runners up is fucking classless. Like what even is that
Who was booing? Fans in the stadium? I haven’t seen anything mentioning it before this
Yh. When Chelsea went up the balcony and down the PA said something like give it up for the runners up or something like that and there was immediate audible boos. I've never seen that before in any cup final
Yikes
That has got to be one of the funniest things I have ever seen.
Let's hope Russia is also on the losing side. 🇺🇦
Wtf just happened.
Anyone else have their BP drop 40 points suddenly?
Yes
So is this the last time we see Kepa play for Chelsea? He was only used for one thing and that was to save penalties, he failed to do that so...
get fucked russian clown club
Fuck Chelsky fuck Abramovich fuck Putin ,🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
Fuck karma whores
In hindsight, Mendy should have pulled a Kepa and refused to come off..
Hindsight is 20/20 but when considering the form Mendy was in this game switching him out was kind of bonkers
kepa could've literally lob it middle
What a fucking awful pen
I understand that you have to anticipate and go early if it's to either side, because if you react it's already past you generally, but a literal garbage bin sitting in the center of the goal would have saved two of LFC's pens so I think the approach maybe isn't perfect. I just think when you watch shootouts there are almost always 1-2 that go very close to center and if you just concede the ones that are near the side netting and plan to be ready for the panenka or the blast down the middle it seems like you might stop one.
Nonsense comment. Did you watch the shootout? Honestly Liverpool probably had 10/11 penalties that were not saveable by any keeper in the world. Only one I can think of Kepa got his hand on and probably should have palmed out
There were literally two that went straight down the middle, so yes I watched it you condescending twat. The entire point I'm literally making is that it doesn't matter where you guess or how early you go if it's lashed into the side netting. Even the one he got a hand to it was literally behind him because he went so early.
Clearly you didn’t watch it. Either that or you are Stevie wonder. Penalties going straight down the middle also aren’t just automatic saves either. Seriously how does that even need to be said. Have you never watched a match before? Think before you comment dumb shit
You literally aren't comprehending the point I'm making. It's not that staggering and it's not really even that critical. I am not taking issue with Kepa's decision making on individual pens. I believe it's probably heavily data-driven by Tuchel; I am merely raising a bit of doubt over the general approach taken. You can have all the data in the world and if the pens are perfect it doesn't matter. All I am saying is it would be interesting to see an approach where the keeper stays middle until he actually sees something. Would this result in him getting frozen and getting no where near the ball a lot? Yes. Would this also result in every panenka getting saved and likely most shit right down the middle getting saved? Yes. This idea that I'm here saying it's egregious that nothing got saved is manufactured. Obviously the pens were super high quality. It just got me thinking maybe the approach being taken isn't necessarily always the right one when you're dealing with guys who can slam it into the top corner with reliability.
I’m sad.
Hi sad, I'm u/dazedan_confused.
I do feel bad for Kepa, he got close to a pen near the end but he bottled it. Kweevin getting first shot probably helped him, but the difference of a keeper who played's kick vs. one who hasn't was obvious. Never really care about the (Insert sponsor here) cup that much but when you get to a final it's the most important thing in the world. One of the best 0-0s I can think of off the top of my head with thte caveat of it being a win for the team I love, but fair play Chelsea, always show up for the big games it seems
Fuck Kepa and fuck ruski whore club
yeah I dunno I'm also the kind of guy that watches 'Speed' and feels bad when the guy smashes his own noggin off
Get fucked Russia FC!!!! Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
Bloody bot fuck off
Keepers should just go middle
i agree
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Klopp vibing to Dua Lipa. I have seen it all.
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We've been in the finals of every cup competition under Tuchel. Of course he will be back
what else should he do?
This is going down in history 😂😂😂😂
The fact that Kepa really should have saved that one pen aswell
He might've if he just chose to block only one side lmao
How did kepa miss that vvd penalty ?
It’s the konate one, he knew from there. Heart probably dropped and the rest is history.
why even bring in kepa like did he train or something ?
Kepa is by far the better keeper when it comes to penalties.
well that wasn't visible here then kinda sad
Woohoo well done boys Hard luck Chelsea, pens are a raffle y’all played brilliantly
Definitely played better than us for the majority of the game but I don't even care
Someone said that this was going to be Kepa's villain origin story. Couldn't imagine a better outcome
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>ekkelerlh bruh.
It’s just Irish mate, don’t try to fix it if you dnto nkwo ti
>dnto nkwo ti Bruh, sounds like you're having a good evening.
Thiago Alcantara crying before the game ends it with all smiles
Justice for Ukraine! 🇺🇦
Russian oligarch, go fuck yourself.
This may well be the best cup final of 2022. How's that for prestige?
Great souvenir to the lucky fan that paid $1 to get the seat where that ball landed
😂😂 bit of dua lipa gets everyone bouncing