As we prepare for Liverpool’s first cup final in seven years we’ve scoured through the database at LFC History and dug up 10 facts about Liverpool in the Carling Cup that every Liverpool fan should know. It’s a competition the Reds have historically dominated and if they can overcome Cardiff it will be their first trophy since the FA cup win over West Ham in 2006. Without any further ado, your 10 facts:
- The Reds have played in 10 League Cup finals, 13 if you include their 3 cup final replays. From those 10 finals they’ve won 7 trophies, more than anyone in the competitions history.
- Incredibly, Kenny Dalglish has played in a League Cup final 6 times. 9 times if you count the three cup final replays. He has won the trophy four times. In the 2-1 loss to Arsenal in 1987 he was both manager and player.
- Ian Rush is Liverpool’s highest ever goalscorer in the League Cup, hitting the back of the net 48 times.
- The Reds share a record with West Ham for the highest score in League Cup history, after they battered Fulham 10-0 in 1986.
- Liverpool have scored 427 goals in 211 League Cup games.
- The 2001 final against Birmingham was the only time Liverpool have gone to penalties in a League Cup final. Sander Westerveld made the decisive save in sudden death.
- Liverpool have met Sunday’s opponents — Cardiff City — once before in the League Cup. That was a round four 2-1 victory for the Reds on the 31st of October 2007.
- Should Jamie Carragher feature at any time in the Carling Cup final he will make his 33rd appearance in a League Cup, tying him with former Liverpool winger Steve McManaman at 21st in Liverpool’s all time rankings for League Cup appearances.
- Liverpool have conceded five goals and scored 12 from six games on the road to the final this season.
- Luis Suarez is Liverpool’s top scorer in the competition this year with three.
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