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Ivanovic heads Chelsea into League Cup final

Chelsea's Ivanovic ( 5th Right) scores past Liverpool's Mignolet during their English League Cup semi-final second leg soccer match in London. PHOTO / REUTERS

LONDON: Chelsea reached the League Cup final after Branislav Ivanovic's towering extra-time header secured a 1-0 victory over Liverpool in a rip-roaring semi-final second leg at an electric Stamford Bridge on Tuesday.

The Serbian defender powered a header past Liverpool keeper Simon Mignolet four minutes into the extra period to secure a 2-1 aggregate win for the four-times winners days after their humiliating FA Cup exit to third-tier Bradford City.

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