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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp believes Sunday's Carabao Cup final victory over Chelsea was the most special trophy triumph of his entire career. The Reds boss, who has two Bundesliga titles to his name and previously led Liverpool to Premier League and Champions League glory, had to battle a significant number of injuries to his senior players at Wembley and ended the game with several inexperienced academy talents on the field. Jarell Quansah, Bobby Clark, James McConnell and Jayden Danns boast a combined 17 Premier League appearances between them but all helped make the difference on Sunday, and Klopp believes that made this win the best of his career. "What we see today is so exceptional," he said after the Game . "We might never see it again, these things don't happen in Football . Apparently, you don't win trophies with kids, I didn't know that. "It is easily the most special trophy I've ever won. It's absolutely exceptional. I wish I...

An injury-hit Barcelona made life unnecessarily difficult for themselves during their 2-1 victory over Shakhtar Donetsk at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys, maintaining their perfect Champions League record in Group H. The hosts were without Robert Lewandowski, Pedri and Raphinha, as well as the suspended Gavi, but ultimately prevailed over their Ukrainian visitors. Ferran Torres' powerful volley and Fermin Lopez's spectacular strike from distance gave Barcelona an emphatic two-goal lead at the break. Barcelona seemed as if they would canter to three points, but Shakhtar's fighting spirit caused plenty of problems in the second half. Georgiy Sudakov pulled one back as they pushed for a shock equaliser, but Xavi's side managed to hold on for another Champions League win. How the game unfolded Despite being forced to field a weakened side for Shakhtar's visit, it didn't take long for Barcelona to find their groove. Lopez danced into the box early on before see...