Liverpool vs Manchester City, League Cup final - LIVE! Philippe Coutinho goal levels late on after Fernandinho opener

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Roberto Firmino and Emre Can attempt to dispossess Yaya Toure (Getty Images)

Welcome to our live coverage of this afternoon's Capital One Cup final between Liverpool and Manchester City at Wembley.

• The match kicks off at 4.30pm
• Jurgen Klopp looking to win first trophy at Liverpool 
• Manuel Pellegrini seeking to end Man City reign with trophy
• Liverpool unbeaten in last eight FA and League Cup games against Man City 
• Liverpool appearing in record 12th League Cup final, they've lifted it eight times
• Man City have won the trophy three times - most recently in 2014

Follow all the build-up and then the latest action below...

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[28 February 2016 16:22 · Sam Dymond]

Here's a lucky omen for Manchester City fans... 

Sky Sports Statto

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City captain Vincent Kompany makes his 1st League Cup appearance since the 2014 final win v Sunderland https://t.co/UH7KLZet93

4:17 PM - 28 Feb 2016

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The lucky part being that it spares them the Martin Demichelis and Eliaquim Mangala centre-back partnership that were ripped to pieces by Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium earlier this season.

[28 February 2016 16:26 · Sam Dymond]

The players emerge from the tunnel, and are out on the Wembley turf within seconds. That journey alone would have taken three minutes at the old stadium.

[28 February 2016 16:28 · Sam Dymond]

It normally means goals aplenty when these two meet... 

OptaJoe

@OptaJoe

32 - The last 8 games between Liverpool & Man City (all comps) have produced 32 goals, with both teams finding the net in each match. Party.

4:26 PM - 28 Feb 2016

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With Lucas at centre-half and big Willy Caballero between the sticks, surely it's more of the same today.

[28 February 2016 16:28 · Sam Dymond]

Put on a decent suit, do up your top button and sing up. It's the national anthem.

[28 February 2016 16:32 · Sam Dymond]

KICK-OFF: We're away at Wembley! Two of the Premier League's most inconsistent clubs have found their way to final, and are just 90 minutes - perhaps 120 - of football away from claiming the English game's first piece of silverware this season. It's Liverpool versus Manchester City, and it's live.

[28 February 2016 16:36 · Sam Dymond]

1 mins: Liverpool are on the attack immediately from the start, and a slick pass from Jordan Henderson allows Alberto Moreno to test Willy Caballero with a low cross-shot. The keeper gathers, and he would have me to answer to if he hadn't. The Spanish defender has done nothing for my Fantasy Premier League team this season, I don't want him rocking up at Wembley with a goal inside a minute. Show your support...with these coloured pieces of paper.

[28 February 2016 16:36 · Sam Dymond]

4 mins:Boooooooooo! Raheem Sterling gets his first touch of the match.

[28 February 2016 16:39 · Sam Dymond]

6 mins: It's been an encouraging start to affairs from Liverpool with the Brazilian pair of Roberto Firmino and Philippe Coutinho seeing plenty of the ball. The latter is close to finding an overlapping Nathaniel Clyne all alone inside the Manchester City box, but the pass from Coutinho with the outside of his foot is just too heavy for the full-back.

[28 February 2016 16:42 · Sam Dymond]

8 mins: City pour forward for the first time, and former Liverpool man Sterling wins a free-kick on the left. The travelling Reds are delighted to see the forward booted over until they realise that the ball is within a threatening David Silva range. The Spaniard's set-piece falls to Fernandinho 20 yards out, but the midfielder volleys high and wide.

[28 February 2016 16:44 · Sam Dymond]

10 mins: I've recently worked out a foolproof way for telling Fernandinho and Fernando apart. One is really good at football, and the other isn't. The latter calls time on a dangerous City attack by needlessly committing a foul in the centre of pitch.