Inside Liverpool's Carabao Cup celebrations - Mohamed Salah's message, £50m transfer reject ignored, crates of beer readied
The post-match mixed zone of Wembley was a busy, largely joyous place by around 7pm on Sunday evening.
Chelsea's players were virtually indistinguishable from one another in their club tracksuits as one by one they walked out of Wembley with their hoods up and their heads bowed, but for those of a Liverpool persuasion there was plenty going on to keep the attention.
A beaming Sir Kenny Dalglish was first to take centre stage. After chatting to Jurgen Klopp in the Wembley tunnel, the legendary Scot made a beeline for the Reds manager's wife, Ulla, after spotting her emerging out of the family lounge near the exit.
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Dalglish and his wife Marina have become close with the Klopps since they moved from Germany to Merseyside nine years ago and that genuine friendship was obvious when the pair dashed to embrace each other and share in what was a memorable day for everyone connected to the club.
Next up came the most unlikely of tandems as goalkeeper coach and 1994 World Cup winner Claudio Taffarel came by with young Scottish winger Ben Doak before a number of Reds players including Kostas Tsimikas, were spotted sporting specially-made t-shirts and hoodies to commemorate the club furthering their record to 10 League Cups.
Mohamed Salah was there too, grinning like a man who had just scored the winning goal himself, clearly delighted for the success being savoured by his younger, inexperienced colleagues. "I didn't even play and you still ask me [to chat]!" was his playful response to the latest attempts to snare a few
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