Liverpool just celebrated their first trophy of the season, after a spectacular win in the Carabao Cup finals against Chelsea on Sunday. In one of the best games we saw this season in England, both keepers produced a magic of their own to prevent any goals and send the game into penalty shootout. The Reds came out better, as they were more concentrated and all 11 players were accurate from the penalty spot, even the reserve keeper Caoimhin Kelleher, who was the first choice in the finals. After an impressive win, Liverpool is still in the hunt for all major trophies: The Champions League, the FA Cup and the Premier League, which will be the toughest one, considering Manchester City’s form, but the Reds have already proved they can defeat anybody. The goals have been coming from all directions this season, and there is a reason for that – new technologies.Mendy saved it all, but Kepa allowed 10 goals and missed one himself: Liverpool wins the Carabao CupAs per Guardian, during the pre-season last summer, Klopp invited a German neuroscience company called ’Neuro11’ to work with his players on their mental strength. Their studies concern “accuracy training”, which helps players to focus on delivering set pieces. And the results are there for all to see: Liverpool have scored more goals from set-pieces than any other team in the Premier League and the Champions League this season.22:45 BURNLEY – LEICESTER CITYDr Niklas Hausler and Patrick Hantschke, the founders of neuro11, spent last week at Liverpool’s training centre working with Klopp’s players again. The Liverpool manager credited the pair, who were present at Wembley, after the match in which his players were flawless from the penalty spot.“Somehow I had a feeling we deserved it, Caoimhin especially deserved it, and you have to say that we have neuro11. We worked with them. In the pre-season, you should have seen the boys in the training camp.They were training set pieces with the boys in the last few weeks and each player went through a proper drill, psychological, to do with penalties, corners and free-kicks. But penalties as well. So we had a list for the boys. First five and then six, seven, eight. But some of the players were not on the field any more. From eight onwards they were not even close on any list, so it was really exciting. Compliments to the boys, compliments to neuro11, they did an incredible job with the boys. I am really happy we could win it like this” Klopp said to the club’s TV.
