The Breakdown is back to preview the Carabou Cup Final; Chelsea vs Liverpool at Wembley! Statman Dave and Big John GK join FG, Expressions and Culture Cams to debate if Mauricio Pochettino will win his first trophy in English football (at Chelsea) or will the Carabou Cup be the first trophy Jurgen Klopp has won more than once at Liverpool?

We also react to the Champions League knockout stage; Arsenal’s 1-0 defeat away at FC Porto and plenty more! Let us know what you think in the comments below...

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Pochettino managed Spurs to the League Cup final in 2015, losing 2-0 to Chelsea

Klopp won the League Cup Final in 2022 on penalties vs Chelsea and lost the 2016 final vs Man City on penalties

Liverpool and Chelsea also met in the 2022 FA Cup final, Liverpool winning on penalties

Head to Head this season: Liverpool won 4-1 at Anfield, 1-1 at Stamford Bridge

As Tottenham manager Pochettino was League Cup runner up (2015), Champions League runner up (2019)

Latest injury news for the Carabour Cup Final at time of recording:
Chelsea: Robert Sanchez missed returning from injury vs Man City due to personal reasons, could be back? Thiago Silva has a race on to be ready in time

Liverpool: Trent, Alisson, Jota out - Szoboszlai, Darwin Nunez and Salah face fitness tests

Cody Gakpo (4) needs one more goal to be joint top scorer in this seasons competition with Morgan Rogers (5) of Middlesbrough

Centre back Jarell Quansah has 3 assists in 4 games for Liverpool in this competition

Cole Palmer has 2 goals and 2 assists in 5 Chelsea League Cup starts

Onto the Champions League, we’ve seen the first legs of the last 16 games completed now in this seasons competition

Last 16 First Leg results;
FC Copenhagen 1-3 Man City RB Leipzig 0-1 Real Madrid
Lazio 1-0 Bayern Munich PSG 2-0 Real Sociedad
Inter 1-0 Atletico Madrid PSV 1-1 Borussia Dortmund
FC Porto 1-0 Arsenal Napoli 1-1 Barcelona

Joint top goalscorer in the Champions League (5) Galeno, Griezmann, Morata, Haaland, Hojlund

Most assists (4) Saka, most goal involvements Galeno(8) (5 goals + 3 assists)

19 y/o DM João Neves averaged 4 tackles per game for Benfica

Jude Bellingham is averaging 3 key passes and 2 dribbles per 90

Rodri has averaged 117.6 passes per game in 5 starts, the highest in the competition. Gvardiol (101.7) and Ruben Dias (99.8) complete the top 3

Who do you think will win the Carabou Cup Final 2024 and the Champions League this season?

00:00 Welcome to The Breakdown
01:11 Chelsea vs Liverpool Carabou Cup Final Preview
02:08 Expressions on if Pochettino wins a trophy...
03:20 Big John GK on Chelsea's Carabou Cup Final
03:50 'You can't play like that vs Liverpool'
04:45 Why Chelsea played well vs Man City?
05:30 'Caicedo get's a lot of stick'
07:30 Will Pochettino 'tinker' too much with Chelsea XI?
08:40 'Chelsea know how to win trophies'
10:10 Jurgen Klopp vs Mauricio Pochettino head to head record
10:50 Key Players in the Final? Cole Palmer
14:50 What is Pochettino's Chelsea System?
16:47 Carabou Cup Final Predictions
17:35 Darwin Nunez: Due a Goal vs Chelsea?
17:58 Champions League Last 16 Reaction
19:50 Expressions reacts to FC Porto 1-0 Arsenal
22:00 Could David Raya have done better with the shot?
22:50 Big John GK on Diogo Costa
24:29 Big John GK on Alex Meret
25:10 Hojlund, still joint top scorer in the Champions League
26:00 FG on Tottenham...
28:35 Champions League Predictions
32:45 Has quality dropped in the Champions League?

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