Liverpool booked their spot in the Carabao Cup last with a 2-0 win over Arsenal in the second-leg at the Emirates.
After a 0-0 draw at Anfield last week it was all to play for, yet the guests took control with Jota's first-half strike.
The Liverpool forward was on track again late in the match as he put the tie certain before Thomas Partey was shown two yellow cards surprisingly fast and shipped off, as Jurgen Klopp's side set up a Wembley last against Chelsea in late February.
After the north London derby was deferred last Sunday because of Arsenal being without so many players, Mikel Arteta would have been eased to have a solid beginning setup accessible. Takehiro Tomiyasu and Martin Odegaard got back to the group, while Thomas Partey was named on the seat notwithstanding getting back from Cameroon only hours sooner.
Five minutes into the match, Bukayo Saka was brought down on the edge of the crate. Alexandre Lacazette moved forward and cut a beautiful exertion over the divider, however, Caoimhin Kelleher got a splendid touch to tip it onto the bar. Liverpool continuously developed into it, and Joel Matip thought he'd got the opener. The middle back diverted in Fabinho's underlying header from short proximity, yet the offside banner went up.
The guests got their objective following 19 minutes. Roberto Firmino flicked it magnificently to Trent Alexander-Arnold on the midway line and Liverpool was away. It emerged to Jota, who nutmegged Tomiyasu as he cut inside, and despite the fact that his shot from the edge of the case was a scraped one, that helped him out as it wrong-footed Aaron Ramsdale and moved into the net.
There wasn't a lot of activity for the remainder of the half, as Liverpool ruled belonging and Arsenal battled to observe the force they had in the initial stages that had surged their adversaries.
Only a couple of moments after the break, Albert Sambi Lokonga lifted the ball over the top to Lacazette who cut it down and just had Kelleher to beat, yet he jabbed it over the bar. Liverpool had their very own enormous possibility soon after, as Jota avoided past Ben White prior to scaling it back Kaide Gordon. The 17-year-old lightened his lines from six yards as he excessively blasted over.
Ibrahima Konate, presented at half-time, got up well at a corner and sent a transcending header at objective however he was denied by the post, as Arsenal combat to remain in the tie.
With just shy of 15 minutes, Jota ran onto a ball over the top and heaved Ramsdale with a wonderful completion. The offside banner went up as he wheeled away in the festival, yet after a VAR survey the objective was at last given and the Portuguese forward had his and Liverpool's second.
There was to be another blow for Arsenal, as Partey was shown a yellow card and under three minutes after the fact jumped into a tackle on Fabinho. He was late, and a little more than nine hours in the wake of getting back to England from the Africa Cup of Nations, the midfielder was shipped off.
The loss implies Arsenal will end the season without flatware, while Liverpool is as yet contending on a few fronts as they focus on one more paramount mission under Klopp.
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