The goalkeeper’s Liverpool career was typified in a Capital One Cup final display that combined excellent saves with a decisive blunderPenalties if Simon Mignolet with a shot at redemption in the Capital One Cup final but like his attempts to deny Jesús Navas,Sergio Agüero and Yaya Touré in the shootout, he could not quite regain there. Wembley witnessed the righteous and bad of the Liverpool goalkeeper in microcosm and he will gape back with bitter regret at the error that contributed to his club’s misery and left Jrgen Klopp with a major decision to make on his goalkeeper arrive the season’s end.
Manchester City were worthy winners despite requiring the vagaries of a penalty shootout to claim the trophy but they were indebted to Mignolet for their only goal against a Liverpool defence that comprised Lucas Leiva and Kolo Touré for 95 minutes. Klopp arrived at Wembley seeking the win that would strengthen belief in his reign but exited with further evidence of the faultlines that believe undermined too many Liverpool performances. They existed at both ends of the pitch in the club’s 12th League Cup final appearance.
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Source: theguardian.com