Moral dilemmas briefly sidelined by goalless, then saveless, Carabao classic

There can’t have been many games with as much to discuss 

Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher scores the eleventh penalty in the penalty shoot-out during the Carabao Cup final at Wembley Stadium, London. Picture: Nick Potts/PA Wire 

It is almost impossible to turn to the vocabulary of superlatives when Europe is on the brink of war and many are thinking of the suffering in Ukraine, but the drama which unfolded as Chelsea and Liverpool tried to let football do the talking in the Carabao Cup Final delivered one of the greatest goalless finals of all time.

There can’t have been many with as much to discuss as this game, which somehow reached 120 minutes without a legitimate strike – even if four were disallowed - and which was only decided on penalties.