Chris Kavanagh has been appointed to take charge of the 2024 Carabao Cup final between Liverpool and Chelsea at Wembley Stadium on Sunday. Premier League managers will be accompanied by their assistants Mark Scholes and James Mainwaring.
Tim Robinson took fourth place with John Brooks in charge of VAR. Kavanagh, 38, from Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, has been a manager in the Premier League since 2017. He is honored to be coaching the Premier League at Wembley Stadium in 2021. Brentford win the championship play-off final. However, Kavanagh has clashed with Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp in the past over his decisions on the pitch. The most recent was in December when the referee did not award a penalty to the Reds due to apparent handling by Arsenal manager Martin Odegaard.
Another was about Everton’s penalty in the 2021 Merseyside derby; Kavanagh, however, was unhappy with his performance as VAR manager in Liverpool’s match against Tottenham Hotspur later that year. The Carabao Cup final will give English football its first major prize of the 2023/24 season; Liverpool will face Chelsea in a repeat of the 2022 final, which the Reds won on penalties.
Liverpool hope to give Klopp a proper send-off next month; Klopp is set to leave the club for the first of his four trophies in the summer as he continues his run in Premier League competitions, the FA Cup and Europe. League. Meanwhile, Chelsea have the chance to add another reward to a difficult season that has seen more and more difficult players reach the middle of the Premier League.
