Liverpool won the Carabao Cup in a mammoth penalty shootout after an end-to-end final somehow finished goalless after 90 minutes.
Goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher scored Liverpool's 11th kick, before Chelsea substitute stopper Kepa Arrizabalaga - who had been brought on to save spot-kicks - skied his over the bar.
James Milner, Fabinho, Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mo Salah, Diogo Jota, Divock Origi, Andy Robertson, Harvey Elliott and Ibrahima Konate all scored from the spot for the Reds in a frantic shootout.
A superb Wembley clash saw Sadio Mane have an effort from point-blank range brilliantly saved by Edouard Mendy in the first half of normal time, before Mason Mount went close for Chelsea either side of half-time.
Liverpool then thought they'd taken the lead only for Joel Matip to have a close range effort ruled out by VAR for a marginal offside against Virgil van Dijk, with Luis Diaz also bringing a smart stop from the excellent Mendy.
Kai Havertz had a headed goal disallowed, and Mendy saved again from a Van Dijk header from a corner.
Substitute Romelu Lukaku then saw another goal disallowed for a tight offside in extra-time, and then Havertz had yet another in the second period.
Here are the game's main talking points.
A Wembley thriller
Ignore the lack of goals in normal and extra-time, this was top level football at its finest and Chelsea and Liverpool went toe-to-toe yet again, with the match just as frantic as January's meeting at Stamford Bridge.
These two used to meet in high stakes matches that were controlled by Jose Mourinho and Rafa Benitez, and while they could also be compelling in their own way, Thomas Tuchel and Jurgen Klopp are a different breed of boss who get their teams to play on the edge.
Chances, horrendous misses and excellent saves came and went, and it made for a classic final despite the lack of (legitimate) goals.
The tightest of margins
Liverpool - and certainly their flare-wielding fans - thought the Reds had taken the lead when Matip nodded home from close range in the 67th minute.
As red smoke swirled around Wembley there didn't appear to be much wrong with the goal at first, only for Van Dijk's infringement to be spotted on much, much closer inspection.
You can file it under one of the more marginal VAR offsides, but it was the correct call, which it just about was for Lukaku's disallowed goal too.
Mane in the middle, and magnificent Mendy
The recent injuries to Diogo Jota and Roberto Firmino have seen Liverpool's attack shuffled around somewhat, with Mane largely used through the middle of the three.
It was from there that he scored penalty box goals against Norwich and Leeds in the past week, and but for a stunning save from his Senegal teammate and fellow Africa Cup of Nations winner Mendy he would have had another in the first half here.
Mane should have scored, of course, but the way Mendy stretched to his right to keep out the effort - so soon after his first save from Naby Keita - was truly world class, and left the Liverpool man in disbelief.
The way Liverpool's attack is evolving it would be no surprise to see Mane occupying the central striking position more and more for the rest of this season and into next, and while he'll know that he'll have to take chances such as these, he's also rarely come up against such a good goalkeeper, who would make more excellent saves in the game before his planned, and for Chelsea regrettable, substitution.
Mount misses his moments
Chelsea started and ended the first half impressively, and then began the second half on top too, and on both of those latter occasions it was scarcely believable that Mount didn't give them the lead.
On the first occasion the England man - back at the scene of Euro 2020 heartbreak - sidefooted wide when clean through, and then at the start of the second half he somehow slid a shot against the post when it looked easier to score.
On the touchline Tuchel furiously pounded the ground in disgust, although they weren't to be the game's final big chances.
Thiago's tears
It just after the teams went back down the tunnel the start the match that the news emerged about Thiago Alcantara.
The Spaniard has been a mercurial addition to the Liverpool side since he arrived in 2020, and he is much more important to Klopp's current style of play than perhaps many people realise.
But it has also been impossible to ignore that he's also picked up his fair share of injuries.
The sight of the midfielder sat in tears and being comforted by Alisson Becker was not an ideal way for Liverpool to start a major cup final, and there will be a concern now about his fitness going forward.
The blow also perhaps contributed to a slow start from Liverpool, who were pinned back at times at almost conceded only for Caoimhin Kelleher to save well from Christian Pulisic.
Havertz gets the nod
As expected it was Havertz who started in attack for Chelsea over Lukaku, with the German's guile and movement proving key in the game's opening exchanges.
The former Bayer Leverkusen is simply a better fit for what Tuchel wants to do from the start of matches, and Chelsea's impressive work in the early stages was largely down to the way he dovetailed with Mount and Christian Pulisic.
Liverpool began to take hold the longer the half went on, but Havertz did come close to springing the Reds' impressive offside trap.
The Keita escape
Keita, the man who started in place of the injured Thiago, took his time to get into the game, but there was a chance he might have left it after an hour.
The Guinean's challenge with Trevoh Chalobah was a well intentioned 50-50, but when you're the latecomer to such an engagement and to such an emphatic degree then you can usually expect VAR to not look upon you too favourably.
Keita escaped, although in a way the game remained all the better for it.
