BREAKING: Liverpool Defeats Chelsea To Emerge 2022 FA Cup Champions

Liverpool, Saturday night, May 14, 2022, defeat arch-rivals Chelsea 6-5 on penalty shoot-outs to emerge the 2022 English FA champions following a barren 120 minutes of fireworks.

Liverpool, who earlier in the year beat Chelsea at Wembley Satdium to win the Carabaro Cup, denied the Blues the desired revenge. While Cesar Azpilicueta missed for Chelsea, Sadio Mane saw his weak kick saved by his Senegalese compatriot Edourd Mendy to leave scores at 4-4 after the initial five kicks.

In the ensuing sudden Allison saved Mason Mount’s kick to hand victory to Liverpool in the 141st FA Cup final.

Liverpool, who beat Chelsea in the Carabao Cup final in February, are chasing an unprecedented quadruple after reaching the Champions League final, while they are three points behind leaders Manchester City in the Premier League with two games to go.

Liverpool were appearing in their first final since 2012, when they were defeated 2-1 by Chelsea.

Chelsea have won the competition five times since the Reds last lifted the FA Cup in 2006.

It is the first FA Cup final to be played in front of a capacity crowd at Wembley since Manchester City beat Watford 6-0 in 2019 watched by 85,854 fans.

Coronavirus restrictions meant the 2020 final between Arsenal and Chelsea was played behind closed doors while a reduced crowd of 20,000 watched last season’s final between Leicester and Chelsea.

The FA Cup – the world’s longest-running knockout football competition – is celebrating its 150th anniversary, having started in the 1871-72 season.