Hello, and welcome to this afternoon’s liveblog.

We’ll have the team news for you momentarily…

Here are the teams…

Interesting that Terry, Cahill and Zouma all start for Chelsea. One of the three will presumably occupy the David Luiz-esque midfield role, with Matic currently unavailable.

Townsend v Lamela seems to be the one big call for Spurs, with the England winger winning a starting spot perhaps on account of his greater work-rate.

A reminder of what happened the last time these sides met…

Here’s the scene outside the ground as we get ready for kick-off.

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(The Bobby Moore statue stands proudly outside the stadium during the Capital One Cup final at Wembley)

We’re underway…

Chelsea have started well.

Jose Mourinho’s side have enjoyed the majority of the possession and territory, but have yet to carve out a clear-cut chance.

A sloppy pass from Walker allows Chelsea to break.

Tottenham eventually get numbers back and break up the attack, but they’ll have to watch the speedy Hazard in particular.

The Belgian international caused Spurs plenty of problems when the sides met last January.

Lloris does well to tip away a deflected Ivanovic cross to safety.

It’s been all Chelsea so far.

So close! Harry Kane wins a free kick outside the box, and Eriksen’s curling attempt subsequently hits the bar.

That’s the closest either side has come so far.

Another quick break from Spurs, but Kane’s shot is fairly tame and easily saved by Cech.

The striker will be hoping for a repeat performance of last January, when he tore Chelsea apart single-handedly at times.

Diego Costa holds the ball up well and plays it to Hazard, who curls a first-time shot just wide from outside the box.

Both sides are looking threatening on the counter-attack.

There were some lively scenes before kick-off.

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After an exciting opening, the game’s gotten a little scrappy in recent minutes.

As I type though, Rose bursts forward, before flashing a shot well wide.

Tottenham have looked more settled in recent minutes, after a conspicuously nervy opening period.

Their fans, perhaps noticing this, are currently in fine voice.

A powerful cross from Kyle Walker has just eluded everyone.

Tottenham are passing it about confidently now, and enjoying a good spell, though Chelsea continue to look sharp on the break.

Chelsea are defending surprisingly deep, as Spurs continue to probe.

Meanwhile, Dier has just been booked for a needlessly rash challenge on Costa.

Chelsea’s system seems to be having problems right now.

Zouma in midfield has been a failed experiment so far, with Tottenham looking increasingly dominant in that area.

As I type, Eriksen’s snapshot is comfortably saved by Cech.

Chadli robs the ball off Ramires, and Tottenham break.

However, the Belgian player’s attempt to find Kane is well intercepted by Terry.

It’s been a relatively open game, even if it has yet to produce many clear chances.

Good build-up play by Tottenham, but again it’s a poor finish, as Mason’s shot goes well over.

Spurs have so far lacked a killer instinct, and may ultimately rue failing to fully capitalise on this period of dominance.

The young centre-back has looked very hyper.

GOAL FOR CHELSEA!

CHELSEA 1-0 TOTTENHAM (TERRY 44)

Against the run of play, Chelsea lead.

A free-kick is played in and it falls to Terry, whose shot finds the back of the net via a deflection.

HALF-TIME: CHELSEA 1-0 TOTTENHAM

Here’s a look at that Terry goal.

What do you think?

So 1-0 at half-time. Tottenham have been the better team, outplaying Chelsea in midfield, but Jose Mourinho’s side have shown the type of ruthlessness that has consistently been evident in their play this season.

Zouma has looked uncomfortable in midfield at times, though Spurs failed to make the most of their dominance, enjoying plenty of possession but failing to do enough in the final third to make Chelsea sweat.

Down the other end, Chelsea have threatened sporadically, while Eric Dier is lucky to still be on the field after a couple of rash challenges on Diego Costa.

The second half is underway…

Hazard finds himself in a good position, but his cross deflects harmlessly away.

Fabregas then sees his attempt well saved by Lloris shortly thereafter.

Another goal now would surely win it for Chelsea.

Tottenham still enjoying a good degree of possession.

However, at the moment, you get the feeling that they’re hoping rather than believing that they can score whenever they go forward.

Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham (Costa 55)

Costa finds space in the area and his shot takes a deflection off Walker and goes in.

Mourinho’s men have one hand on the League Cup without playing particularly well.

More good passing from Spurs, before Bentaleb balloons a shot well over.

It’s looking a little desperate now from Spurs, with just an hour played.

Townsend, who’s had a quiet enough day, is replaced by Dembele.

Here’s a look at that Costa goal.

Hazard plays a one-two with Willian, before curling a shot narrowly wide from the edge of the box.

A third goal would undoubtedly seal the game for Chelsea now.

Hazard crosses to Fabregas, whose header is just off target.

There’s little sign of a late rally from Spurs, who look a beaten team right now.

Erik Lamela is on for Ryan Mason, as Tottenham bid to make one last push to save this game.

The match has become very scrappy of late, as Chelsea pragmatically look to see it through with plenty of tactical fouls etc.

Awful stuff from Tottenham.

They have a free kick in a good position, but Dier strays offside as Eriksen chips it in and the linesman raises his flag.

Close! A corner is flighted in and Kane heads it on, with Lamela narrowly failing to get on the end of it

Just 15 more minutes for Chelsea to hold on.

Soldado has replaced Chadli as Tottenham make their final substitution.

Meanwhile, Lamela shows signs of frustration with what looks like an elbow on Costa.

Both sides look jaded now.

Tottenham have gone all-out attack and could easily be exposed if Chelsea string a decent counter-attack together.

Kane breaks through on goal but Terry makes a superb last-ditch tackle to deny him.

The Chelsea skipper has been outstanding today.

Spurs are really applying the pressure now, but Chelsea’s defence are standing firm.

Looks like Jose Mourinho is set to win his first trophy since returning as Chelsea manager.

Kane powers towards goal, but Cahill this time makes a well-judged challenge.

Didier Drogba is about to come on, in what Martin Tyler describes as a “sentimental substitution”.

FULL-TIME: CHELSEA 2-0 TOTTENHAM

CHELSEA ARE THE 2015 LEAGUE CUP CHAMPIONS!

So it’s all over.

Tottenham started brightly and dominated the midfield at times, but Chelsea’s greater potency in the final third ultimately proved to be the difference between the sides.

Spurs will be disappointed that they couldn’t emulate their win over Chelsea in January, but ultimately failed to capitalise during the period when they were on top.

Chelsea took full advantage of some defensive lapses, before showing their strength at the back in comfortably seeing the game out to earn a deserved victory.

It’s Jose Mourinh0′s first trophy since his return as Chelsea manager, and one suspects it won’t be his last.

He’s gone full John Terry!

Right, that’s all from me for now.

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