liverpool were the first team to take a penalty, but gerrard's effort was saved by heaton. cardiff's first penalty was taken by miller, but he also missed with his shot hitting the post. adam took the next penalty for liverpool, he also missed, placing his shot over the cardiff goal. cowie took the next penalty for cardiff and scored to give them a 1–0 lead. liverpool also scored with their next penalty courtesy of kuyt to level the shoot-out at 1–1. gestede was next for cardiff, but his penalty hit the post. liverpool took the lead in the shoot-out when downing converted his penalty. whittingham was next for cardiff and he scored to level the shoot-out at 2–2. johnson took the next penalty for liverpool and scored, to give liverpool a 3–2 lead and leave cardiff needing to score or liverpool would win. the cardiff penalty was taken by anthony gerrard, but he missed his penalty, which meant liverpool won the shoot-out 3–2 and won their eighth league cup.