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Richard Garnett

Liverpool have just two players in Carabao Cup Team of the Tournament

Two Liverpool players have been included in the Carabao Cup Team of the Tournament but only one of them played in the final.

The EFL has presented the selections based on data recorded by statistics website site whoscored.com with the starting XI chosen from players who have made at least four appearance in the tournament this season.

Jurgen Klopp's Reds may have eventually won the competition for a record ninth occasion, but they could only get two players into the Team of the Tournament.

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Goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher makes the cut. The young Irishman only failed to appear in one match across the competition, keeping three clean sheets out of four.

And although he wasn't able to save any of the penalties he faced in the shoot-out, the one he scored before Kepa Arrizabalaga's miss swung the outcome in Liverpool's favour.

The 23-year-old made 15 saves across the matches he played in.

Liverpool's other representative is Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

The former Arsenal star has struggled to establish himself in Klopp's Premier League starting XI this season but enjoyed a telling contribution in the Carabao Cup.

The 28-year-old completed 10 dribbles across the competition - more than any other player - and was selected in midfield by whoscored.com alongside Chelsea's Saul Niguez and Brentford's Saman Ghoddos.

Oxlade-Chamberlain scored Liverpool's first goal in the 3-3 quarterfinal match against Leicester City at Anfield, another game that had to be settled on penalties.

Despite making it into the Team of the Tournament, he played no part in the final itself, remaining on the bench throughout.

The whoscored.com Carabao Cup Team of the Tournament in full

Goalkeeper: Caoimhin Kelleher (Liverpool) - 7.32 rating

Right-back: Cedric Soares (Arsenal) - 7.58 rating

Centre-back: Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea) - 7.51 rating

Centre-back: Robert Dickie (QPR) - 7.66 rating

Left-back: Marcos Alonso (Chelsea) - 7.64 rating

Central midfield: Saman Ghoddos (Brentford) - 7.20 rating

Central midfield: Saul Niguez (Chelsea) - 7.54 rating

Central midfield: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool) - 7.24 rating

Striker: Marcus Forss (Brentford) - 7.63 rating

Striker: Emil Riis Jakobsen (Preston) - 7.85 rating

Striker: Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal) - 7.39 rating

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