Liverpool made hard work of Stoke City, but managed to crawl over the line into the Capital One Cup Final/
Marko Arnautovic scored the only goal of the game in normal time, cancelling out Jordon Ibe's first-leg winner to take the game into extra time.
And Simon Mignolet, much maligned by Liverpool fans of late, was the hero with two saves to see his team through 6-5 on penalties.
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Before the game, the main talking point was the return of Jon Flanagan to the Liverpool starting line-up for the first time since May 2014.
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The first half was well-balanced, with neither side showing the defensive frailty that characterised their most recent league outings.
It looked for all the world like it would be 0-0 at the break, only for Arnautovic to tap home unmarked from close range. But was he onside?
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It didn't improve all that much for the hosts after the break, and even more worryingly it looked like they had very little to offer.
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Even their recent supersub wasn't available.
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With no more goals in the second period, the game entered extra-time.
Charlie Adam had entered towards the end of normal time, but picked up an injury and was withdrawn by Mark Hughes.
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But his replacement Marco van Ginkel almost stunned Anfield, coming within a post's width of a likely winner.
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That was as close as we got to another goal, though, and penalties it was.
Peter Crouch and Emre Can traded misses early on.
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It was perfect from that point on. Until Marc Muniesa stepped up, that is.
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So it was left to the Welsh Pirlo himself, Joe Allen, to seal the deal. Was it ever in doubt?
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Liverpool will meet Man City or Everton in the final, but they'll have to be much better to earn Jurgen Klopp his first trophy.
