– For a moment, exclaimed Viaplay expert Andreas Toft after Virgil van Dijk rose to the air and secured Liverpool and Jürgen Klopp another trophy. The red shirts had almost only youngsters on the field as the match approached the penalty shootout, but then the Liverpool captain ran free and headed in a corner kick from Kostas Tsimikas. – The way they win this is close to a fairy tale, says Viaplay expert Tor Ole Skullerud When the victory was a fact, it completely took off at Wembley. Photo: MATTHEW CHILDS / Reuters While disappointed Chelsea players lay strewn on the grass, Virgil van Dijk and the rest of the players threw themselves into each other’s arms. It was clear that the win meant a lot to van Dijk, who was moved to tears as he stood on the grass. – Klopp’s youngsters against the blue billion-dollar team, which fails when it comes down to it, said Gary Neville on Sky Sports’ broadcast. Photo: GLYN KIRK / AFP In the Viaplay studio, Jan Åge Fjørtoft was very impressed by what the young lads achieved. – It is the B team that does it and then it is van Dijk, the biggest A player of all out there, who takes responsibility, says Jan Åge Fjørtoft in the Viaplay studio. – It is not just young players, there are also inexperienced players who are out there, he adds. Van Dijk cancellation The final was an intense and dramatic affair, and it was almost incomprehensible that it was 0-0 after 90 minutes. Both Liverpool and Chelsea had huge chances to decide, but both posts and goalkeepers stood in the way at both ends. Both teams also had balls in the net, but both were disallowed for offside. The annulment of Virgil van Dijk’s header in particular had the pundits rolling their eyes. Photo: CARL RECINE / Reuters – It’s great that we got VAR, so that all errors could be corrected – and we don’t need to discuss referee decisions anymore, Viaplay expert Lars Tjærnås wrote on X (formerly Twitter). – I think it is very strictly judged, writes Jamie Carragher, Sky expert and former Liverpool player. According to the refereeing team, van Dijk’s goal was disallowed because Wataru Endo was offside and blocked a Chelsea player, which gave van Dijk an easier path to the ball in front of the goal. Played with the “junior team” Ahead of the match, there was a lot of talk about Liverpool’s injury nightmare. Jürgen Klopp had to do without stars such as Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alisson Becker, Curtis Jones, Mohamed Salah and Diogo Jota on Sunday. Instead, the Liverpool manager had to put his trust in relatively unknown youngsters such as Jayden Danns, Bobby Clark, Jayden Danns and Jarell Quansah. Salah injured himself during the Africa Cup of Nations, but made a comeback scoring against Brentford on 17 February. However, the Egyptian was out of the Liverpool squad against Luton on Wednesday.
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