watched by a crowd of 89,041, cardiff took the lead in the first half when joe mason scored. the score remained the same through half-time until liverpool equalised in the 60th minute, when martin škrtel scored. with the score 1–1 at full-time, the match went to extra-time as neither side were able to score a second goal. the first half of extra-time was goalless, but three minutes into the second half liverpool took the lead when dirk kuyt scored. however two minutes before the end of extra-time cardiff equalised to make the score 2–2, courtesy of a goal from ben turner. with the score at 2–2 at the end of extra-time the match went to a penalty shoot-out. despite missing their first two penalties, liverpool won the shoot-out 3–2 to win the league cup for a record eighth time.