Chelsea were knocked out of the Carabao Cup on Wednesday after the penalty shootout loss to Liverpool at Anfield. To make matters worse for the Blues, the defender who has played more Premier League minutes than anyone else in Xabi Alonso’s squad hobbled off due to an injury.
Maxence Lacroix pulled up shortly after Cody Gakpo’s 43rd-minute penalty had levelled the fourth-round tie. Chelsea had led through Morgan Rogers’ 40th-minute spot-kick, won when Ryan Gravenberch fouled Moises Caicedo, before Wesley Fofana’s handball from a corner allowed Gakpo to equalise.
