Stoke City progressed to the Final in both of their two previous League Cup Semi-final appearances; versus Manchester City in 1964 and West Ham United in 1972.

Comments:

Liverpool now extended their League Cup record for the most Semi-final appearances to 16. Arsenal, Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur were in joint-second on the list with 14 appearances each.

0 Stoke City

Manager: Mark Hughes

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Jack Butland

Defender Erik Pieters

Defender Phillip Wollscheid

Defender/Centre back Ryan Shawcross

Defender/Full back Glen Johnson

Defender/Midfielder Geoff Cameron

Midfielder Ibrahim Afellay

Midfielder Glenn Whelan

Midfielder/Forward Xherdan Shaqiri

Forward Marko Arnautović

Forward Bojan Krkić

Substitutions:

Jon Walters for Geoff Cameron	46
Joselu for Bojan Krkić	69
Peter Crouch for Xherdan Shaqiri	83

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jakob Haugaard

Defender/Midfielder Marc Wilson

Midfielder Charlie Adam

Midfielder Marco Van Ginkel

Midfielder/Forward Jon Walters

Forward Peter Crouch

Forward Joselu

Comments:

Stoke City progressed to the Final in both of their two previous League Cup Semi-final appearances; versus Manchester City in 1964 and West Ham United in 1972.

1 Liverpool

Manager: Jürgen Klopp

Goals:

Jordon Ibe

Starting lineup:

Simon Mignolet Goalkeeper

Nathaniel Clyne Defender

Dejan Lovren Defender

Alberto Moreno Defender

Emre Can Defender/Midfielder

Lucas Leiva Defender/Midfielder

Kolo Touré Defender/Midfielder

Joe Allen Midfielder

Philippe Coutinho Midfielder/Forward

Roberto Firmino Midfielder/Forward

Adam Lallana Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Jordon Ibe for Philippe Coutinho	18
James Milner for Dejan Lovren	34
Christian Benteke for Joe Allen	79

Cards:

Simon Mignolet

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Ádám Bogdán

Defender Brad Smith

Defender/Midfielder James Milner

Defender/Midfielder Connor Randall

Midfielder Cameron Brannagan

Midfielder/Forward Jordon Ibe

Forward Christian Benteke

Comments:

Liverpool now extended their League Cup record for the most Semi-final appearances to 16. Arsenal, Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur were in joint-second on the list with 14 appearances each.

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