Giorgi Mamardashvili explains Liverpool coach’s mistake against Chelsea

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Giorgi Mamardashvili has explained why Liverpool’s coaching staff got it wrong during their Carabao Cup victory over Chelsea Liverpool beat Chelsea 6-5 on penalties at Anfield on Wednesday night to reach the Carabao Cup quarter-finals. Tsimikas blazed over with the chance to win it for Liverpool, and Chelsea’s Valentin Barco hit the post.

Joe Gomez then scored Liverpool’s eighth kick, and Fofana sent Chelsea’s eighth into the Kop.The Liverpool players ran to Mamardashvili at the final whistle.Mamardashvili has since said the information he was given on Chelsea’s penalty takers was wrong.“I had this paper as well, but everything was wrong!” he told ITV. I wanted to save more but sometimes one is enough.” It was the only one of Chelsea’s eight penalties he stopped.Liverpool head coach Andoni Iraola praised his second-choice goalkeeper, who plays behind Alisson.

Iraola pointed to Mamardashvili’s performance against Tottenham in the previous round.Iraola said he told him before the shootout: “We need to save two.” Mamardashvili replied that Liverpool had to let someone miss.Iraola added that every team prepares penalty research, that players change, and that the goalkeeper got close to many of the kicks he did not stop.The quarter-final draw took place on Wednesday night. Iraola said before the draw that Bournemouth was the one team he did not want to face.All four quarter-finals will be played in the week commencing December 14.🗣️ “I had this paper but everything was wrong” 😆Giorgi Mamardashvili’s penalty notes weren’t very helpful but that didn’t stop the Georgian becoming Liverpool’s shootout hero 🇬🇪 https://t.co/ckU9TOJoY3— ITV Football (@itvfootball) October 28, 2026 Support DaveOCKOP and enjoy the site completely ad-free.