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title: "Player ratings: Liverpool 0-1 Stoke (6-5 pens)"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Ben Smith"
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published: "2016-01-27T00:06:45Z"
modified: "2016-01-27T00:19:30Z"
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# Player ratings: Liverpool 0-1 Stoke (6-5 pens)

They didn’t make it easy for themselves – they seldom do – but Liverpool have reached Wembley for the second successive season, and this time, it’s for a final.

The Reds just didn’t look quite right mentally for 120 minutes on Tuesday night. It looked as though Saturday had taken its toll and a largely unchanged side had little left to give.

But when it mattered most, Liverpool showed bottle and class in the penalty shootout to overcome a tough Stoke City test.

Player ratings ahead.