The first trophy for English clubs is on the line on Sunday as the EFL Cup final takes place at Wembley Stadium. It's Manchester City vs. Chelsea in the final, with Pep Guardiola's team looking to win the title back-to-back and for the fourth time since 2014. City destroyed Burton 10-0 on aggregate to advance to the final, while Chelsea beat Tottenham on penalty kicks to make the League Cup final for the first time since 2015. Here's how you can watch the match and what to know: EFL Cup final: Man. City vs. Chelsea Date : Sunday, Feb. 24 : Sunday, Feb. 24 Time : 11:30 a.m. ET : 11:30 a.m. ET Location : Wembley Stadium : Wembley Stadium TV channel : None : None Streaming: ESPN+ ESPN+ Odds: Man. City -185 / Chelsea +450 / Draw +350 Storylines Man. City: This team has to be ultra confident that it will win, but it must remain composed and not assume it will just be a cakewalk. After beating Chelsea 6-0 in Premier League action on Feb. 10, all signs points to another victory. Chelsea has lost three of its last five games, while City has won four in a row with 15 goals scored and two conceded. Chelsea: Rumors are swirling as to what's going to happen with coach Maurizio Sarri. Is this a cup he has to win to save his job? It's a confusing time at Stamford Bridge with the club really lacking conviction and falling into a poor run of form. A victory here would certainly buy him some time, but a blowout loss will likely have him cleaning out his desk on Monday. Manchester City vs. Chelsea prediction City scores twice in either half, pours the pressure on the Blues and wins the title with a score of 4-1. Pick: Man. City (-185)<doc-sep>Raheem Sterling celebrates after his winning penalty against Chelsea in the League Cup final at Wembley Stadium. (EFE) Manchester City has claimed the first prize in its quest for the quadruple. Raheem Sterling scored the winning penalty as City beat Chelsea 4-3 in a shootout to win the English Football League Cup final, which had gone scoreless through regulation and extra time. Right before the shootout, Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga refused to be substituted by manager Maurizio Sarri, an act of insubordination you rarely, if ever, see at this level, especially in such a big spot. After the match, Sarri downplayed the tension. “It was a big misunderstanding,” he said. “I wanted (backup Willy) Caballero on the pitch but [Kepa] wanted to let me know he was in condition to go to the penalties. It was a misunderstanding. Kepa was right, but in the wrong way he conducted himself.” Arrizabalaga, who goes by “Kepa”, attempted to explain himself as well: This marks the first trophy for City this campaign, and the club is still alive for three others, sitting one point behind Premier League leaders Liverpool and having made the knockout stages of the Champions League and quarterfinals of the FA Cup. Since England plays two domestic cups instead of one, the idea of a “quadruple” has been romanticized for decades, but no side has come closer than Manchester United in 1998-1999, when the Red Devils won everything except the League Cup. Sunday’s shootout had City’s bid on the edge of a knife, every spot kick threatening to end it before it really started. With things all square after three rounds, Chelsea’s David Luiz stung the post with a line drive, and after Bernardo Silva and Eden Hazard both made their kicks, Sterling seized his opportunity: Raheem Sterling’s penalty sealed the deal for Manchester City! pic.twitter.com/zFNiQx16sO — ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) February 24, 2019 If City goes on to make history, the match will be remembered primarily as the catalyst. As it stands, it will be remembered for Chelsea’s blatant dysfunction. Story continues In the second period of extra time, Kepa appeared to injure his hand in a scrum for a loose ball. When Sarri prepared to bring on Caballero a few minutes later, Kepa became defiant and continuously gestured to the sidelines that he was fine to continue. The pictures of the incident are truly worth a thousand words. (Above) Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri reacts with shock after goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga waves off his substitution late in the League Cup final. (Below) Chelsea backup keeper Willy Caballero shrugs amid the confusion at Wembley Stadium. (Both images via Getty) It’s perhaps the worst look for Sarri in a debut season chock full of challenges to his authority. Sarri’s thinking was sound; Kepa seemed hurt, and Caballero has saved 11 of 28 penalties in his career and won the League Cup for Manchester City three years ago by stopping three Liverpool shots in a shootout. But after extended gesticulating between manager and keeper, Kepa stayed on and Sarri went back to the bench, visibly frustrated. Crazy scenes at Wembley! Maurizio Sarri tried to bring on Caballero for Kepa Arrizabalaga, who simply refused to leave the field. pic.twitter.com/PI3E7rWqE0 — ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) February 24, 2019 The fallout was felt most when Kepa failed to stop Sergio Aguero’s relatively tame penalty in the shootout, letting the shot bound underneath his hand. After the match, Caballero’s disappointment was visible. It was just one of several identities the match took on. Having lost 6-0 to City in the Premier League two Sundays ago, the Blues spent the afternoon playing more cautiously – which as it turns out, played right into their hands. In terms of set-up and strategy, Chelsea has always been comfortable as a rich club pretending to be a poor club, lurking back to prioritize clean sheets over wild forays forward. That’s not the style of Sarri, which is one of the reasons the club appears to be regressing under his watch, but it’s a style that proved largely effective against City on Sunday. Unless you’re one of a handful of clubs on the planet, you simply don’t dictate terms to City as presently constituted. Pep Guardiola’s side is too complete, too talented, too fermenting with threat for you to be breakneck in a final. Chelsea’s experience absorbing pressure and thundering on opportunistic counters weathered City’s approach until it looked like the Blues were more likely to score over the final 15 minutes or so of regulation. Still, you can only limit Manchester City so much. Aguero had a goal taken off the board after a lengthy Video Assistant Referee review in the 56th minute, and if he was offside, it was by the thinnest of margins: The victory earns City its fourth League Cup in six seasons, but it may prove costly as midfield fulcrum Fernandinho and first-choice defender Aymeric Laporte both limped off due to injury and could miss a few weeks. Fernandinho’s impact might be missed in particular, as Guardiola has gone so far as to call his presence “irreplaceable.” Injury spells are one thing that can box in City’s pursuit of the quadruple. For now, the first box has been checked. Manchester City players celebrate with the EFL Cup trophy on Sunday at Wembley. (Getty) Joey Gulino is the editor of Yahoo Soccer and moonlights as a writer. Follow him on Twitter at @JGulinoYahoo. More from Yahoo Sports: • Pro-Confederate rally prompts Ole Miss players to kneel during anthem • Boeheim on fatal car accident: ‘Will be with me for the rest of my life’ • Green sprains ankle in Warriors’ loss to Rockets • AAF analyst defends himself after saying ‘nobody’s watching’<doc-sep>
GLYN KIRK/Getty Images Manchester City won the first domestic trophy of the 2018-19 English football season Sunday as they beat Chelsea 4-3 on penalties after a 0-0 draw at Wembley. Chelsea were much more competitive in this contest than the 6-0 shellacking at the hands of City a fortnight ago, and while Pep Guardiola's side dominated the ball in the first period, the Blues' defence was up to the challenge. The second period saw Chelsea offer more of an attacking threat, with Eden Hazard always dangerous on the counter-attack. N'Golo Kante and Pedro spurned excellent opportunities for the Blues. At the end of an uninspired extra time, there were extraordinary scenes when Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga refused to be substituted despite his manager's wishes. Eventually, he stayed on, and despite making a smart stop from Leroy Sane in the shootout, he was unable to do enough, with Raheem Sterling scoring the decisive penalty for City. Here's the remarkable dispute between Kepa and Sarri: Video Play Button Videos you might like Sarri Must Continue to Adapt Style to Save Blues Job Chelsea's performance was far from perfect Sunday, although supporters will at least be encouraged by the manner in which Sarri seemed to learn from the 6-0 loss the Blues suffered to City. While they pressed high and left spaces for City to exploit at the Etihad Stadium, there was cohesion and caution about the way in which Chelsea approached the match here. As a result, the game was a lot more competitive. At half-time, ESPN FC's Liam Twomey commented on how different the approach had been from Sarri's side: In order to keep his job, you sense the Chelsea manager will need to continue showing he can be flexible in his approach. Clearly, it's important to have an identity, but at times this season, Sarri has been too strongly welded to his renowned style. On occasions, especially against teams as good as City, some concessions need to be made. If Sarri can continue to show a little more pragmatism in the coming weeks, then perhaps there is a way back for him yet. De Bruyne, Silva Must Improve After Fernandinho Injury Fernandinho was forced off late in the game for City, and that will be a worry for Guardiola given the team's involvement in three more competitions. With the Brazilian potentially set for a spell on the sidelines, the City boss will need to find someone to plug the gap at the base of the team's midfield. In addition, he will want to see more from Kevin De Bruyne and David Silva in their more advanced positions. The former has yet to hit his best form following a couple of injury layoffs this season, while the latter has been below his usual high standards over the last few weeks. Kieran Canning of Agence France-Presse noted how much the duo struggled against Chelsea: Jack Gaughan of MailOnline said De Bruyne has been trying a little too hard to make things happen: Arguably City's best two central midfielders this season have been Bernardo Silva and Ilkay Gundogan. The latter appears the most likely man to drop into a deeper berth should Fernandinho spend some time in the treatment room. At this key point in the campaign, Guardiola will be looking to experienced figures like De Bruyne and Silva to shine in big games. After both were hauled off here after poor performances, it's imperative they improve with the UEFA Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup still to challenge for. What's Next? Both sides are back in action in the Premier League on Wednesday. City, who trail leaders Liverpool by a point, will host West Ham United, while Chelsea welcome London rivals Tottenham Hotspur to Stamford Bridge.