Liverpool and Man City Win in Carabao Cup Shootouts

Liverpool and Manchester City have reached the Carabao Cup quarter-finals. They both won their fourth-round matches on penalties on Wednesday.

Liverpool edged past Chelsea 6-5 in a shootout. The game ended 1-1 at Anfield. Manchester City beat Brighton 4-3 on penalties after a 2-2 draw at the Etihad Stadium.

At Anfield, Chelsea scored first in the 40th minute. Morgan Rogers converted a penalty to give Chelsea the lead. But just three minutes later, Cody Gakpo equalised for Liverpool with his own penalty.

The second half saw neither team score, leading to a penalty shootout. Both teams scored their first penalties, and the shootout went into sudden death.

Liverpool's goalkeeper, Giorgi Mamardashvili, saved a penalty from Chelsea's debutant Emmanuel Emegha. Ryan Gravenberch missed for Liverpool, keeping Chelsea in the game.

Liverpool defender Joe Gomez then scored his penalty. Chelsea’s Wesley Fofana missed his kick, sending Liverpool through with a 6-5 win in the shootout.

At the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City had to come from behind twice against Brighton. Malick Yalcouyé put Brighton ahead in the 30th minute.

Mateo Kovacic equalised for City just ten minutes later. He hit a low shot from outside the box. Brighton took the lead again in the 47th minute through Georginio Rutter, who finished off Jaouen Hadjam’s cross.

City equalised again in the 72nd minute. Vitor Reis scored his first goal for the club with a close-range finish from Rayan Cherki’s free-kick. The match ended 2-2, and penalties decided the winner.

City missed a penalty from Kovacic. Brighton's goalkeeper, Jason Steele, saved it. But City’s Gerónimo Rulli kept them in the game by saving penalties from Yasin Ayari and Lewis Dunk.

Cherki scored City’s fifth penalty. Rulli’s second save secured a 4-3 win for City in the shootout. Both Liverpool and Manchester City move on to the quarter-finals, with City looking to defend their title.