Liverpool repeats history and wins the FA Cup on penalties (6-5)

Chelsea and Liverpool saw the faces in another final in Wembley two months and half after the definition by penaltis of the Glass of the League (0-0, 11-10 for the 'reds'). The Saturday, the marker remained again in silence after 120 dramatic minutes in where both teams wasted clear opportunities to annotate. After another thrilling and prolonged series of maximum penalties, the ones of Jurgen Klopp remained with the title after seven collections (6-5).

The Greek Kostas Tsimikas finished being the hero after annotating the penalti decisive, together with the goalkeeper Alisson Becker. The Brazilian cut across the collection of Mason Mount in a batch in which they already had falladado, sorpresivamente, César Apiclicueta and Sadio Mané. The captain 'blue' crashed his collection (third) in the stick, while the Senegalese erró the fifth of the batch in front of his compatriot Edouard Mendy.

For 'Azpi', the final of the FA Cup could be his last decisive instance with Chelsea after 10 years in London. The Spanish side expects to concretise his exit in July to sign with the FC Barcelona, although for the moment there is not at all confirmed. For the Liverpool, by his part, the victory left a flavour agridulce, because of the injury of Mohamed Salah to alone two weeks to confront to the Real Madrid by the final of the Champions League.

The Egyptian left in the minute 33 after a muscular prick that forced him to ask the change. Diogo Jota Replaced him while Klopp burned him before leaving to the changing room; an injury that does not paint at all well the 'Mo'. Virgil Go Dijk, by his part, also caused alarm in the fans of Anfield when going out in the minute 97. The central did not seem to have any muscular problem, but was odd that the míster German him replace by Matip in the minute 7 of the lengthen.

There was not revancha in Wembley

The party was parejo from beginning to end, with the Liverpool dumped to the attack in the first 20 minutes of game and Chelsea following suit in the first chamber of hour of the complement. Luis Díaz was the best of the 'reds' with his constants desbordes by right and varied finish that they were very near to break the zero, between them a balloon to the crossbar in the 83'. By Chelsea, Marcos Alonso also shuddered the arch of Alisson with a bombazo to the stick in the 48'. In the extention, the wear did the difference and the zero kept during 120 minutes.

The penaltis gave him the glory to the Liverpool, again. Eighth title for the ones of Anfield and first from the season 2005-06. For the 'blues', the one of 2022 is his third stray final of consecutive way, after the defeats in front of Arsenal (2020) and Leicester (2021). The londinenses remain with eight titles, the last of them obtained in 2019. Of this way, Thomas Tuchel and his boys close the season in white after winning the Champions League does a year.