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With a trip to Wembley in the bag, Liverpool fans don't need any further reason to celebrate right now.

We're going to give them one anyway.

If we ignore the fact that Jurgen Klopp's side actually lost 1-0 at home to Stoke, we can focus on the fact that The Reds won their Capital One Cup semi-final on penalties, triumphing 6-5 in the shoot-out.

And one look at Liverpool's history in penalty shoot-outs means this latest victory should have come as no surprise to anyone.

Since their first shoot-out 42 years ago (a 6-5 win against Leeds in the 1974 Charity Shield), Liverpool have now been involved in 17 of these horrendous/exciting game-deciders.

And they have won 14 of them.

14 out of 17 is quite a record. But it gets even better when you directly compare it to the records of Liverpool's big rivals.

To make it fair, let's take the last 10 shoot-outs in which each of England's biggest clubs have been involved. In Liverpool's case, they have won eight:

Win percentage, last 10 penalty shoot-outs Liverpool 80 %

Which is significantly better than the shoot-out performance of any of this lot:

Win percentage, last 10 penalty shoot-outs 70 % Arsenal 57 % Man City 50 % Man United 30 % Chelsea 30 % Tottenham

So why is it Liverpool are so good in these sudden-death situations?

Are Liverpool players properly trained in the art of a spot-kick?

Does the spirit and history of Liverpool Football Club imbue the players with a unique sense of calm in these pressure situations?

Or is just dumb luck?

What do you reckon, Jurgen?