Caballero - the shootout king of Wembley
Caballero - the shootout king of Wembley It’s already a decade since City lifted the League Cup for a fourth time in an unforgettable victory over Liverpool on penalties that is remembered as the ‘Willy Caballero final’. Men's Team City’s Greatest League Cup XI – vote now! The City goalkeeper turned a 1-1 draw into shootout glory, except the man himself is far too modest to recall the triumph in those terms.
“Don’t call it in that way,” he says. “It was a Man City cup – that’s what was important. ” But the Argentinian was the undisputed king of Wembley on the penultimate day of February 2016 after three supreme penalty saves that secure the trophy.
Concentrated and determined, Caballero stood on the goalline like a gaucho gunfighter, staring down Liverpool players before dramatic interventions that sent the City fans stationed behind him wild. By the time Adam Lallana stepped up to take what would be the Reds’ fourth of final, our number 13 was simply invincible, pulling off an astonishing stop that gave Yaya Toure the chance to shoot for glory. Men's Team Pep's Wembley Way Never missing a penalty throughout his career for the Blues, Toure made no mistake and the team-mates sprinted from the halfway line to celebrate with the midfielder and City’s goalkeeping hero.
For Caballero it was a special occasion regardless of his heroics. Then 35, it was the culmination of a footballing journey that had take from Boca Juniors, through Elche and Malaga in Spain, to glory at the Etihad. “It’s not a small thing, it was a final, it was a decisive moment and it will be forever for the history of the club, definitely,” he says.
“After 10 years, I don’t forgot what an amazing day that was. It was still early before City won a lot of trophies. “Every time that a player has the opportunity to win something, it’s special.
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