Liverpool's record-breaking League Cup wins: From Wembley to Villa Park
Saturday 27 February 2016 22:32, UK
Liverpool take on Manchester City in the League Cup final at Wembley on Sunday looking to add to the club's unrivalled record in the competition.
The Merseysiders have won the trophy on eight previous occasions, three more than Chelsea and Aston Villa have managed.
The Reds have lost just three of their 11 League Cup final appearances, and they will be hoping to maintain that impressive record live on Sky Sports 1 HD at 4pm.
If Jurgen Klopp's men do emerge triumphant against City, then they will add to these other victories from down the years...
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2012 League Cup final - Liverpool 2-2 Cardiff City (Liverpool win 3-2 on penalties)
In front of almost 90,000 fans at Wembley, Kenny Dalglish's men won the trophy for an eighth time, decided via a penalty shoot-out.
The Reds had fallen behind to Joe Mason's 19th-minute strike, before Martin Skrtel equalised on the hour-mark, the centre-back tucking home a rebound after Luis Suarez's header from a corner had hit the post.
Both teams then spurned chances to win the game in normal and extra-time, meaning penalties were required to separate them.
However, despite Steven Gerrard and Charlie Adam missing with Liverpool's first two efforts, the Championship side also hit the post with two of their first three spot-kicks, before Anthony Gerrard - cousin of Steven - failed to hit the target with the Bluebirds' fifth penalty to hand Liverpool the win.
2003 League Cup final - Liverpool 2-0 Manchester United
Liverpool beat old foes United in Cardiff to give their supporters something to smile about in what was an otherwise disappointing season for the club.
Gerrard opened the scoring against the favourites when his well-struck drive from outside the area beat Fabien Barthez with the aid of a slight deflection off David Beckham's outstretched leg.
However, the Reds were grateful to Jerzy Dudek after the Poland goalkeeper turned in an inspired second-half performance to keep United out, before a late breakaway goal from striker Michael Owen sealed the victory.
2001 League Cup final - Liverpool 1-1 Birmingham City (Liverpool win 5-4 on penalties)
Gerard Houllier's side squeaked past First Division Birmingham on the way to winning a treble of cups that season, in the process becoming the first club to win the trophy via penalties.
However, there was little sign of the drama to follow when Liverpool took the lead through Robbie Fowler's sublime 25-yard volley, especially as the game moved into injury time.
Birmingham refused to accept defeat, though, and were awarded a penalty after Stephane Henchoz upended Martin O'Connor in the box, with Darren Purse holding his nerve to force extra-time at the Millennium Stadium.
In the ensuing shoot-out, after Martin Grainger and Dietmar Hamann had missed for each team, it was Andy Johnson's failure from the spot in sudden death that saw Liverpool win the competition for a sixth time.
1995 League Cup final - Liverpool 2-1 Bolton Wanderers
Liverpool won the trophy for a then record-breaking fifth occasion after seeing off Division One side Bolton thanks to a man-of-the-match display from Steve McManaman.
The England winger scored either side of half-time, his second a brilliant solo effort that seemed to have seen off the challenge from Bruce Rioch's men.
However, a quick-fire response via Alan Thompson's thunderous left-footed drive set up a nervous finale for the Reds, who held on to hand Roy Evans his first trophy as Liverpool manager.
1984 League Cup final - Liverpool 0-0 Everton
The first competitive all-Merseyside final was in the League Cup 32 years ago, when Joe Fagan headed Liverpool to Wembley Stadium to take on the Toffees.
Liverpool were defending champions and would go on to win the league and European Cup that season, but were fortunate to earn a replay after Alan Hansen appeared to handle Everton striker Adrian Heath's goal-bound shot on the line.
However, referee Alan Robinson controversially ruled in the Reds' favour and after extra-time could still not separate the city rivals, a match of little noteworthy incident went to a replay.
1984 League Cup final replay - Liverpool 1-0 Everton
Three days after the goalless draw, the two teams were at it again, although this time they met at Manchester City's Maine Road ground on a Wednesday night.
The encounter was another cagey affair and it needed a brilliant 21st-minute strike from Liverpool captain Graeme Souness to finally separate the teams.
Playing a neat interchange of passes with Dalglish and Phil Neal, the Scotland midfielder then let the ball run across his chest, before unleashing a thumping 30-yard drive that flew past a helpless Neville Southall in Everton's goal.
And that was that as the Reds held on for the win to make it a fourth consecutive League Cup triumph.
1983 League Cup final - Liverpool 2-1 Manchester United
The holders made it three successive League Cup final victories by getting the better of rivals United in front of 99, 304 spectators at Wembley.
However, Liverpool once again made Paisley - in his final season in charge at Anfield - sweat after falling behind to Norman Whiteside's 12th-minute goal, with the Irishman fending off the attentions of Hansen before coolly slotting past Bruce Grobbelaar.
With 15 minutes to go, though, Alan Kennedy was again on hand to drill home a long-range equaliser as for the third year in a row the final went to extra time.
And it took Ronnie Whelan just nine minutes to decide the contest with a memorable curling effort past Gary Bailey, the third time the Republic of Ireland midfielder had scored in a League Cup final.
1982 League Cup final - Liverpool 3-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Liverpool won the League Cup for a third year in a row by overcoming cup specialists Tottenham in front of 100,000 spectators at Wembley, although for large parts of the final the trophy looked to be heading to White Hart Lane.
The then-European champions had beaten both Arsenal and Ipswich Town on the way to the final, only to find themselves trailing to Steve Archibald's 11th-minute goal.
However, after riding their luck on several occasions, Whelan beat Spurs No 1 Ray Clemence with just three minutes to go to force extra-time.
And it was Whelan who was on hand to put his side ahead with a close-range finish after 111 minutes, with Ian Rush ending the match as a contest minutes later after being set up by Sammy Lee's defence-splitting pass.
1981 League Cup final - Liverpool 1-1 West Ham United
Liverpool had lost to Nottingham Forest in their first-ever appearance in the final three years earlier, so were desperate to get their hands on the only domestic trophy the club had yet to win.
Bob Paisley's team had seen off Swindon Town, Portsmouth, Birmingham City and Manchester City to get to Wembley, where they took on West Ham.
Despite dominating the game, Liverpool could not find a way past Hammers goalkeeper Phil Parkes, before Kennedy finally broke the deadlock three minutes before the end of extra time.
However, West Ham forced a replay thanks to Ray Stewart's last-minute penalty after Terry McDermott had pushed Alvin Martin's goal-bound header onto the bar.
1981 League Cup final replay - Liverpool 2-1 West Ham United
West Ham struck first at Villa Park through Paul Goddard's eight-minute strike, only for the Reds to respond with two goals in quick time.
Dalglish grabbed the equaliser with a sweet volley from a tight angle after being set up by McDermott, before defender Hansen scored the winner after his header from a corner deflected off Billy Bonds' knee and beat Parkes.
