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Liverpool 0-1 Stoke City (1-1 agg, 6-5 pens): Allen, Mignolet send host to Wembley

Joe Allen scored the decisive spot kick as Liverpool beat Stoke City 6-5 on penalties to reach the League Cup final.

Liverpool beat Stoke City 6-5 in a dramatic penalty shoot-out to move into the League Cup final at Wembley.

Mark Hughes' side won 1-0 at Anfield on Tuesday, leveling the tie at 1-1 on aggregate and sending the second leg to penalties, but Simon Mignolet saved from Peter Crouch and Marc Muniesa.

Emre Can had failed for the host, but Joe Allen stepped up after Muniesa's miss to send Liverpool through.