Chelsea vs Liverpool LIVE: FA Cup final result, final score and reaction as Liverpool win penalty shootout
Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool (Liverpool win 6-5 on penalties): Follow reaction from Wembley as Liverpool beat Chelsea on penalties
Liverpool have won the FA Cup after beating Chelsea on penalties at Wembley. Kostas Tsimikas scored the winning penalty in sudden-death, after Alisson saved from Mason Mount.
Liverpool and Chelsea met in a rematch of February’s Carabao Cup final, and this encounter played out in remarkably similar fashion. Both sides had several opportunities to win the match in normal time and althought the frantic nature of the contest slowed in extra time, it followed 90 breathless minutes at Wembley.
Liverpool made a bright start and threatened early through Luis Diaz, who was denied by Edouard Mendy in the first chance of the match, but Chelsea came back into it in what was a level first half. Alisson also made a good save to stop Marcos Alonso while Christian Pulisic and substitute Diogo Jota had chances, but it was an injury to Mohamed Salah that was the most notable incident of the first half, with the Liverpool forward coming off on 32 minutes with a groin problem.
It was Chelsea’s turn to start quickly after the break, as Alonso went close and Alisson saved Pulisic’s effort, before Alonso hit the crossbar with a free-kick. Diaz and Jota were next to whistle shots narrowly wide, and then Andy Robertson hit the post with a volley from close range. As the final crept closer to extra time, Diaz curled a shot narrowly wide on the breakaway to almost win the final in the closing seconds.
Follow reaction from Chelsea vs Liverpool in the 2022 FA Cup final, below:
ET Chelsea 0 - 0 Liverpool
120 mins: Thomas Tuchel subs off Ruben Loftus-Cheek who only came on 15 minutes ago and Ross Barkley replaces him. Is this a tactical swap with penalties in mind?
Liverpool win a free kick that is flicked into the box by Alexander-Arnold. The ball hits Kante on the back and loops up into the arms of Mendy.
ET Chelsea 0 - 0 Liverpool
117 mins: Thiago Silva is down in front of Edouard Mendy with cramp and needs the goalkeeper’s help to loosen up. He’s still hobbling around out there as Ross Barkley gets ready to come on for the Blues.
ET Chelsea 0 - 0 Liverpool
114 mins: The tempo of the match was slowed right down as the players feel the impact of almost 115 minutes of play. The quality is lacking as well as the game devolves into a midfield tussle for possession.
ET Chelsea 0 - 0 Liverpool
111 mins: Andy Robertson is hobbling around now with what looks like a bit of cramp. Kostas Tsimikas has hurriedly got ready on the sidelines and he comes on to replace the left-back.
ET Chelsea 0 - 0 Liverpool
108 mins: James curls a cross into the box as Alexander-Arnold and Ziyech tussle on the edge of the area. There’s a hand across the chest of the forward but he theatrically throws himself to ground in the penalty area wanting a penalty. It’s a massive dive and the referee pays him no mind as Liverpool recover the ball.
ET Second half: Chelsea 0 - 0 Liverpool
Kick off: Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Cesar Azpilicueta are brought on by Thomas Tuchel with Trevoh Chalobah and Christian Pulisic the two men replaced.
Liverpool restart the game for the final time.
ET half-time: Chelsea 0 - 0 Liverpool
105 mins: No added minutes in the first half of extra-time and the teams take a breather. The Carabao Cup final ended 0-0 between these teams and had to be settled by a shootout. Is the FA Cup final going to be a repeat or will we see a winner in the next 15 minutes?
ET Chelsea 0 - 0 Liverpool
102 mins: Alonso swings a corner ball into the Liverpool box and Thiago Silva wins it in the air but guides his header over the crossbar.
There are a few tired legs out there now and this game looks ever likely to be settled by penalties.
ET Chelsea 0 - 0 Liverpool
99 mins: Luis Diaz has put in a performance that’s given Liverpool everything but a goal today. His day is done though as Roberto Firmino comes on to replace him. The Liverpool fans are in full voice for the new arrival. Can he have a match winning impact for the Reds?
ET Chelsea 0 - 0 Liverpool
96 mins: That’s risky and clumsy from Ibrahima Konate. Marcos Alonso curls a cross in from the left wing towards Hakim Ziyech who gets barged into by Konate. Ziyech flies to ground and wants a penalty but the referee waves for play to go on. Konate would have breathed a sigh of relief after that one.
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