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:
Liverpool edge Chelsea again to win FA Cup on penalties as Kostas Tsimikas settles thrilling final
Liverpool go the full distance, to ensure - just about - they can still do the maximum.
Edouard Mendy could save from Sadio Mane, but he couldn’t save Chelsea’s turbulent season. Liverpool win their eighth FA Cup, and Jurgen Klopp’s first, to become both the third most successful in the competition’s history as well as just the third team to win both domestic cups in a single season.
Most importantly of all, the quadruple still has legs, even if that’s not quite the case for a lot of Jurgen Klopp’s squad.
The worries about Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk going off as well as the exhausted state of the squad can wait, though, since there’s nothing like the motivational effect of victory. Liverpool will feel they have a new momentum, after a 6-5 penalty shoot-out victory from an absorbing 0-0.
Chelsea must only look to what next under a new owner. Poor Mason Mount, who saw the decisive penalty saved by Alisson, will wonder what might have been.
Liverpool edge Chelsea to win FA Cup on penalties as Kostas Tsimikas settles thriller
Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool (Liverpool win 6-5 on penalties): In a rematch of February’s Carabao Cup final, a thrilling match played out in remarkably similar fashion, as Kostas Tsimikas scored the winning penalty after Alisson saved from Mason Mount
Kostas Tsimikas and Mohamed Salah provide contrasting nods to history in Liverpool triumph
The echoes of the past had been unwanted until, at the last, there was a welcome nod to history. Liverpool can savour the sight of a left-back deciding a penalty shootout.
Alan Kennedy won the 1984 European Cup in that way and, 38 years on, Kostas Tsimikas secured the FA Cup in similarly nerveless style. Kennedy’s place in Anfield folklore was already secure before he finished off Roma. The unglamorous figure for the big occasion had scored the only goal of the 1981 European Cup final to beat Real Madrid.
Others at Liverpool have less fond memories of Real. As Liverpool head for a reunion in Paris, there was an unwanted action replay of their last final meeting. For the 2018 Champions League, read the 2022 FA Cup. Scarcely more than half an hour into a final and Mohamed Salah’s game was over. This time, there was no sign of Sergio Ramos. There was nothing as dramatic, nothing as malevolent. There was no-one to blame. This time Salah got the right colour medal. But once again, it opened up the possibility the Champions League will be decided in his absence.
Tsimikas and Salah provide contrasting nods to history in Liverpool triumph
Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool (Liverpool win 6-5 on penalties): Tsimikas scored the winning penalty to emulate another Reds left-back from years past while Salah going off injured in a final brought back rather different memories
FA Cup final player ratings as Luis Diaz dazzles and Reece James shines
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.
Here are how the players rated:
FA Cup final player ratings as Luis Diaz dazzles and Reece James shines at Wembley
Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool (Liverpool wins 6-5 on penalties): Kostas Tsimikas scored the decisive penalty after an thrilling final that somehow finished goalless
Liverpool win the FA Cup 6-5 on penalties
The celebrations continue for Liverpool.
Reaction from Alisson
Liverpool’s match winning goalkeeper, Alisson, spoke with the BBC after the game saying:
“It’s amazing, we did such a good performance. It was a shame we didn’t score. It was a proper fight, we kept a clean sheet, and then afterwards the boys were unbelievable scoring the goals. I just had to save the last one.
“I am so happy. Myself and also Mendy did amazing saves. I couldn’t have done the saves without the help of the team. They work well and make it easier for me.
[On his penalty save] “It was good hey? All goalkeeper coaches they help me with the decisions. They are fantastic players, Chelsea did really well but we deserved to win this. I only make the save because we deserved to win this.
“This gives us more confidence in the Premier League and also the Champions League final. It’s a fantastic moment now, we just need to enjoy”
Liverpool win the FA Cup 6-5 on penalties
Jordan Henderson makes his way to the FA Cup. He takes a pause, grasps the handles then holds it aloft as the confetti flies.
Liverpool are the 2022 FA Cup winners.
Liverpool win the FA Cup 6-5 on penalties
Jurgen Klopp and James Milner lead Liverpool into the stands to collect their winner’s medals. Captain Jordan Henderson will bring up the rear and lift the trophy.
As you would expect their are smiles and cheers galore across the whole Liverpool squad. Henderson is the eighth Liverpool captain to lift the trophy.
Liverpool win the FA Cup 6-5 on penalties
Jürgen Klopp has become only the second manager to win the European Cup/Champions League, FA Cup, League Cup and the English top-flight title all with the same English club, along with Sir Alex Ferguson (who did it with Man Utd).
Liverpool win the FA Cup 6-5 on penalties
Unfortunately Chelsea become the first team in history to lose three successive FA Cup finals. It could have gone either way but it wans’t to be for the Blues.
The players make their way into the stands to receive their runners-up medals.
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