The Redmen TV - Liverpool FC Podcast

Sunday the 26th of February 2012, and the man whose goal had led Liverpool to their first League Cup win 31 years earlier now lead the side out in the Final as manager. Kenny Dalglish, who had returned the Anfield dugout a year earlier, faced off against Malkay Mackay’s Cardiff City. Joe Mason fired Cardiff into a early lead before Liverpool’s eventual player of the season Martin Skrtel scrambled the ball home to level things up. Despite pressure from Steven Gerrard and Luis Suarez, Liverpool couldn’t find the decisive goal, and the game headed to extra time. Substitute Dirk Kuyt found his shot from distance blocked back into his path, and at full stretch managed to power it back at goal, rifling it into the bottom corner. The drama did not end there though, and after a melee in the box, a Cardiff corner was turned past Pepe Reina by Ben Turner in the 118th minute to send the game to penalties. Kuyt, man of the match Stewart Downing and Glen Johnson all converted, and with a final miss from Anthony Gerrard, cousin of the Liverpool skipper, the Reds lifted the trophy for a record extending 8th time. As Steven Gerrard lifted the trophy in Cardiff, few knew that it would be their last silverware for seven years…