Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini saw his side win the League Cup final on Sunday with a penalty shootout success over Liverpool but insisted afterwards his word was more important to him than the result. Pellegrini had faced criticism when he confirmed understudy goalkeeper Willy Caballero would play at the Wembley showpiece in place of first-choice Joe Hart, despite an unsure display in the FA Cup hammering at Chelsea the weekend before. But, after Fernandinho's opener for City was cancelled out by Philippe Coutinho, an entertaining cup final ended 1-1 after extra- time and in the ensuing penalty shootout, Caballero was to become the hero – saving three Liverpool kicks as Pellegrini's side took the trophy. "I prefer to lose the title than to lose my word, there wasn't any chance for Willy Caballero not to play," he said. "Maybe your word is not important, maybe the most important thing is to win things, but I think my word is more important than football. "If you are sure you are going to win it, I would want to win it in this way with Willy being the hero. "Willy is a very good goalkeeper. Fortunately for us he waited until the end and never tried to guess which side...
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