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Carragher: Chelsea lost Cup final being too passive

Liverpool hero Jamie Carragher says Chelsea were too passive in extra-time of the Carabao Cup final.

Liverpool won 1-0 in extra-time thanks to Virgil van Dijk's goal.

"When you get to extra time, Chelsea played the way 90% of teams play in extra time," Carragher said on Sky Sports' Monday Night Football. "So you think, why are we criticising them?

"Most teams, when they get to extra time, they think that 'we'd love to win it, but we're not going to lose it. So we're going to keep what we've got and hope something happens at the other end'.

"The reason it was wrong for Chelsea to do that is because they're playing against a team - Liverpool's B-team - who were hanging on, and Liverpool's only hope was scoring from a set-piece or getting to penalties.

"You've got to make sure you finish that game in extra time. And when you consider the opposition and what you've just done from minute 69 to minute 90. And they allowed Liverpool's youngsters to get confident and actually grow into the game."

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