El Liverpool venci al chelsea in the first penalty shootout of the final of the FA Cup and Wembley to stay in contention for, potentially though unlikely, a quad trophies.
As in the League Cup final in February, the match ended 0-0 after normal time and extra time before Liverpool came out on top again.
WE ARE THE #EmiratesFACup WINNERS!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/eZMe5IRbB2
? Liverpool FC (@LFC) May 14, 2022
This time, the Reds they were helped by the penalty from the Chelsea midfielder, Mason Mountbefore Konstantinos Tsimikas secured the win 6-5 in the penalty shootout with his first goal for the club.
It was the first final victory of the Liverpool FA Cup since 2006one of two previous FA Cup Final-clinching fixtures to have occurred in Cardiff while it is being rebuilt Wembley.
That time again pic.twitter.com/9iZJp8lrOd
? Liverpool FC (@LFC) May 14, 2022
The bad news for Reds was the injury to Egyptian Mohamed Salah during the first time, two weeks apart from playing the Champions League final against Real Madridon May 28 in Paris.
Before that, Klopp has to wait for the Manchester City have a slip in the last two days of the Premier League and Liverpool take the opportunity to recover that trophy.
“That is also part of the ‘mentality freaks’go to extra time and maintain the high level, have a good performance”, said the portero del Liverpool, Alisson Becker. “It gives us even more confidence to go forward in the Premier League and also the Champions League final. This is a fantastic moment and now we just have to enjoy it.”
EE-AYE-ADDIO pic.twitter.com/c0tpyi2Ky7
? Liverpool FC (@LFC) May 14, 2022
There was only more Wembley pain for Chelsea. The owner confusion weeks for Chelsea are ending by becoming the first team to lose three consecutive appearances in the FA Cup Finalhaving been beaten by Arsenal in 2020 and by Leicester last year.
The final of the oldest competition in world football had never before gone to penalties at Wembley. Not even there had been a goalless final after extra time since you started playing at the national stadium in 1923.
Saturday’s final ended with half the stadium engulfed in a red haze of smoke after starting under a cloud when Liverpool fans booed the national anthem and Prince William’s introduction.
After the commemorative ceremony for the 150 years of the FA Cup, the 141st final was more tense than bombastic, like the League Cup final in February. Was 58 shots produced by the teams without finding the net in both of his matches at Wembley in 2022.
An opportunity came early for Liverpool when Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy saved a shot by Luis Daz. Then came the auction of Christian Pulisic who went wide in a frustrating afternoon for the Chelsea striker.
What a player pic.twitter.com/XlQtLxIxMt
? Liverpool FC (@LFC) May 14, 2022
The first half was marked by delays due to Liverpool player injuries.
Alisson had to be treated after his shin was hit while blocking a shot from Marcos Alonso. The goalkeeper recovered, but Mohamed Salah was soon down.
The Egyptian striker unable to continue due to groin discomfortbut was able to leave unassisted as he was substituted for Diogo Jota after 33 minutes.
Liverpool missed out on the threat of the Premier League’s top scorer. Chelsea missed their chances to exploit that.
A Late flurry of Liverpool attempts couldn’t prevent the game from going into overtime with the post hit by Daz from a tight angle and Andy Robertson from close range.
The only game without goals in extra time at Wembley was in 2005, when Arsenal won one of their 14 titles.
Now Liverpool has the eighth FA Cup that he waited 16 years to win.
Set complete for the boss #EmiratesFACuppic.twitter.com/fqHe9D2ekn
? Liverpool FC (@LFC) May 14, 2022
–
