Chelsea vs Liverpool: FA Cup live scores, blog
Roar Guru By Matt Bungard, 6 May 2012 Matt Bungard is a Roar Guru & Live Blogger
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How will Kenny Dalglish's time at Anfield be remembered? (AP Photo / Tim Hales)
Just a couple of months after taking over as the manager of Chelsea, Roberto Di Matteo gets his first shot at silverware as his side take on Liverpool in the F.A Cup final live from 2:15am.
It’s obviously not the most important cup final that Di Matteo has in the next few weeks, but nevertheless a huge occasion for him and his squad – especially the likes of John Terry, Ramires, Branislav Ivanovic and Raul Meireles who will miss that Champions League final.
As for Liverpool, it’s a chance at an unlikely double for Kenny Dalglish’s men after they clinched the League Cup against Cardiff in a gruelling penalty shootout.
Chelsea and Liverpool games are rarely without controversy, and many of my recent football memories stem from clashes between the two. There was Frank Lampard’s emotional penalty just days after his mother died, the Luis Garcia ghost goal and Xabi Alonso’s scrappy effort that saw Chelsea lose at home in the league for the first time in 86 league matches back in the 2008/09 season.
Needless to say, there’s no love lost between the two.
Chelsea’s run to the Cup final was marred with a spiteful affair against neighbours QPR, a controversial Mata goal against Spurs and a couple of blow-outs against lower league position…but not before they were forced to a replay by Birmingham City.
Liverpool failed to keep a clean sheet in the tournament this year, but on the way to final did beat their two biggest rivals, Manchester United and Everton.
These two have combined to win six of the last twelve tournaments, Chelsea winning two of the last three. Liverpool’s most recent FA Cup success was that pulsating with clash with West Ham, where they came from behind to win on penalties thanks to an inspirational performance from captain Steven Gerrard.
And they’ll need everything Stevie G has in his arsenal to get past the Blues, who have looked a completely different side since shedding Andre Villas-Boas.
Fernando Torres looks the deadliest he has since he last wore the red of Liverpool, and the irony would not be lost on any scousers if the former Atletico Madrid striker was the one that scored the winner tonight… probably with a Meireles assist.
Regardless of what happens, join us from around 2am for the teams and line-ups before kick-off at 2:15. See you then.
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5:11am
Geoff Lemon said | 5:11am | Report comment
Thanks for the call Matt. It was a good 40 minutes to finish off that game.
4:08am
Matt Bungard said | 4:08am | Report comment
FULL TIME
CHELSEA 2
LIVERPOOL 1
4:11am
Matt Bungard said | 4:11am | Report comment
And after a largely abject first half, that game really came to life in the second!! Di Matteo is victorious in his first cup final this month, Liverpool will have to be content with the League Cup and it’s Chelsea who have a shot at a double when they take on Bayern Munich in three weeks time!!
Carroll was absolutely superb off the bench – is this the day he turns it around? I’m just glad that the ball didn’t cross the line on that shot because we’d be hearing about it for weeks and weeks. In the end, it was a fantastic save from Petr Cech, and one that was deserving of cup winners.
Thanks for tuning in, feel free to follow us @TheRoarSports or me @TheMattBungard – see you next time.
4:07am
Matt Bungard said | 4:07am | Report comment
94th min:
Gerrard cuts down Drogba, that’s a free kick and that might be enough!
4:08am
Matt Bungard said | 4:08am | Report comment
Lampard blasts it goalwards and Reina claims it on the second attempt. They need to go long, quickly..
4:07am
Matt Bungard said | 4:07am | Report comment
94th min:
Liverpool look long to Kuyt, it’s over his head and out for a goal kick. Chelsea only have to survive another 90 seconds, as Mata is named man of the match.
4:03am
Matt Bungard said | 4:03am | Report comment
91st min:
Mata coming off, Malouda on….and there will be five added minutes of time!
4:02am
Matt Bungard said | 4:02am | Report comment
90th min:
Suarez dances into the area, it’s another corner which is played short for Johnson to blast it towards goal, but it clatters off Lampard
4:01am
Matt Bungard said | 4:01am | Report comment
88th min:
Free kick to Liverpool, Gerrard blasts it off the wall and out for another corner. Liverpool running out of time…
4:02am
Matt Bungard said | 4:02am | Report comment
Cleared away for a throw.
3:59am
Matt Bungard said | 3:59am | Report comment
87th min:
It broke to Skrtel after the corner was cleared but he slipped and couldn’t find a shot in all of that!
3:59am
Matt Bungard said | 3:59am | Report comment
86th min:
Another Liverpool corner, but this one is headed away.
3:55am
Matt Bungard said | 3:55am | Report comment
82nd min:
DID THAT CROSS THE LINE?!??! I THOUGHT CARROLL HAD EQUALISED!!? THE REF SAYS NO!
3:56am
Matt Bungard said | 3:56am | Report comment
Wow. The replay shows there was a sliver of the ball that didn’t cross the line and that is an UNBELIEVABLE save from Petr Cech. Suarez is booked for dissent in the aftermath.
3:53am
Matt Bungard said | 3:53am | Report comment
81st min:
Henderson couldn’t keep the shot down as it came out to him on the edge of the area after a great run from Luis Suarez
3:51am
Matt Bungard said | 3:51am | Report comment
78th min:
Bellamy off, Kuyt on for Liverpool
3:49am
Matt Bungard said | 3:49am | Report comment
76th min:
Chelsea are rattled, and here comes a sub. The goalscorer Ramires makes way, Raul Meireles is on.
3:49am
Matt Bungard said | 3:49am | Report comment
76th min:
Another towering header from Carroll that’s just over the bar!
3:47am
Matt Bungard said | 3:47am | Report comment
75th min:
Carroll with a late run to win that header but it’s well off target. Before that scrappy goal Liverpool didn’t look like doing anything, since then it’s been nothing but red dominance!
3:46am
Matt Bungard said | 3:46am | Report comment
73rd min:
Suarez drills one low at the near post and Cech has to tip it around for a corner..
3:43am
Matt Bungard said | 3:43am | Report comment
70th min:
Flashes of 2006 there as Gerrard flew through with a volley but he shinned it miles too high.
3:41am
Matt Bungard said | 3:41am | Report comment
69th min:
Downing with a push in the back of Ivanovic
3:39am
Matt Bungard said | 3:39am | Report comment
67th min:
Glen Johnson this time, a curling volley from distance. Just wide.
3:39am
Matt Bungard said | 3:39am | Report comment
66th min:
Henderson from distance, just wide. Liverpool with their tails up now.
3:37am
Matt Bungard said | 3:37am | Report comment
65th min:
ANDY CARROLL!!! OUT OF ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!
3:39am
Matt Bungard said | 3:39am | Report comment
And it’s 2-1. Wow.Bosingwa was caught in posession by a sliding Suarez, the ball came to Carroll who danced around the area before eventually lashing one home with his left foot, into the roof of the net and it’s game on!
…who was the idiot that said he’d do nothing? Whoops..
3:36am
Matt Bungard said | 3:36am | Report comment
64th min:
Drogba smashes a left footed volley towards goal but it’s in to the side netting
3:35am
Matt Bungard said | 3:35am | Report comment
63rd min:
Lampard takes the free kick, it swerved a mile in the air and in the end it was a bit too far, as it’s just wide of goal.
3:34am
Matt Bungard said | 3:34am | Report comment
62nd min:
Drogba cut down by Suarez as he was about to shoot, another free kick for Chelsea…actually, the replays show Suarez got the ball. My heart bleeds for him.
3:32am
Matt Bungard said | 3:32am | Report comment
59th min:
Kalou opens his body up and tries to pigeon hole one right in the top corner but he gets it all wrong and it’s a mile wide. Awful defending from Liverpool there, Kalou had acres of space
3:31am
Matt Bungard said | 3:31am | Report comment
58th min:
Johnson looks to swing one in for the head of Carroll but it’s taken away by Ivanovic.
3:29am
Matt Bungard said | 3:29am | Report comment
56th min:
Mata tries to chip Reina from 25 yards but it’s harmlessly into the keeper’s arms.
3:28am
Matt Bungard said | 3:28am | Report comment
55th min:
Jay Spearing, who has done nothing, is coming off and Andy Carroll, who will probably do nothing, is coming on.
3:27am
Matt Bungard said | 3:27am | Report comment
54th min:
Suarez skips away from one challenge and drills a shot low at an acute angle, which Cech palms away.
3:25am
Matt Bungard said | 3:25am | Report comment
52nd min:
DROGBAAAAAA!!!!!! TWO FOR CHELSEA!!!
3:26am
Matt Bungard said | 3:26am | Report comment
Lampard to Drogba, for the millionth time in their careers. Beautiful pass from Super Frank, Skrtel was not tight enough on Drogba who shed him with ease and placed a lovely finish into the far corner. The lead is doubled and Liverpool are in all kinds of trouble now!
3:24am
Matt Bungard said | 3:24am | Report comment
52nd min:
Early cross from Mata is cleared away by Agger
3:23am
Matt Bungard said | 3:23am | Report comment
50th min:
Gerrard goes down for a penalty but it’s not given!
3:22am
Matt Bungard said | 3:22am | Report comment
48th min:
Lampard swings a corner and Terry is promptly called for a foul off it, and it was one of those ones that never goes in the attacker’s favour.
3:21am
Matt Bungard said | 3:21am | Report comment
Second half underway!
3:03am
Matt Bungard said | 3:03am | Report comment
HALF TIME
CHELSEA 1
LIVERPOOL 0
3:05am
Matt Bungard said | 3:05am | Report comment
Not the greatest half of football ever but it had some moments, and a goal.
Ramires’ strike is the difference and there has been a real lack of clear cut chances for either team…Liverpool’s wide men look completely lost, especially on the left where Downing and Enrique have been well out of their depth so far.
There’s sure to be some substitutions coming for King Kenny, and we’ll wait and see how early he makes them. Despite not having much in terms of possession or shots, it’s only one goal and Liverpool are very much in this. See you in 15 minutes.
3:01am
Matt Bungard said | 3:01am | Report comment
45th min:
Agger with a cynical tackle on Mikel and he goes into the book
2:56am
Matt Bungard said | 2:56am | Report comment
40th min:
Liverpool have their first corner…
2:57am
Matt Bungard said | 2:57am | Report comment
The corner is only half dealt with before being sent back in, and Cech flimsily punches it away before it’s sent back into the mixer for a third time and dealt with by Mikel.
2:55am
Matt Bungard said | 2:55am | Report comment
39th min:
Drogba from distance, it looked to be swerving and dipping but it’s wide of goal.
2:54am
Matt Bungard said | 2:54am | Report comment
38th min:
Mikel is the first name into the book after a late challenge on Gerrard.
2:52am
Matt Bungard said | 2:52am | Report comment
35th min:
Glen Johnson goes down under the challenge of Kalou and Liverpool will have a free kick.
2:50am
Matt Bungard said | 2:50am | Report comment
34th min:
Ashley Cole (of all people!) lines one up from distance, it’s blocked and the rebound falls to Lampard who plays Drogba through and it’s cleared away by Jose Enrique.
2:48am
Matt Bungard said | 2:48am | Report comment
32nd min:
Jose Enrique cuts down Ramires and Chelsea will have a chance from about 30 yards
2:49am
Matt Bungard said | 2:49am | Report comment
Mata hooks it in but it’s taken away
2:45am
Matt Bungard said | 2:45am | Report comment
29th min:
A long range attempt from Lampard falls harmlessly wide.
2:42am
Matt Bungard said | 2:42am | Report comment
26th min:
Kalou tries to bend one from distance but it’s too high and wide in the end
2:40am
Matt Bungard said | 2:40am | Report comment
24th min:
Kalou almost dribbles through the entire Liverpool defence, before Agger got the vital challenge in just before a shot could be taken.
2:39am
Matt Bungard said | 2:39am | Report comment
21st min:
Downing looking very nervy so far – this time he dribbles out of play under pressure from Bosingwa
2:35am
Matt Bungard said | 2:35am | Report comment
19th min:
Lampard tries to take that one around Skrtel in the area but it’s cleared away
2:34am
Matt Bungard said | 2:34am | Report comment
16th min:
A long ball is looped high towards Reina’s goal and he has to be alert to prevent it from creeping in or conceding a corner
2:30am
Matt Bungard said | 2:30am | Report comment
14th min:
Bellamy’s shot is cleared off the line!!!
2:31am
Matt Bungard said | 2:31am | Report comment
What on earth was Ivanovic doing?! The cross from Glen Johnson sliced off the back of the Serbian’s head, straight to Bellamy who blasted it towards goal only for the man who was just at fault to recover enough to get a block in – good hustle
2:29am
Matt Bungard said | 2:29am | Report comment
13th min:
Mata springs forward on a counter and a sliding tackle from Gerrard quashes that opportunity
2:27am
Matt Bungard said | 2:27am | Report comment
11th min:
AND JUST LIKE THAT THERE’S A GOAL!!! IT’S RAMIRES!!!
2:28am
Matt Bungard said | 2:28am | Report comment
Mata played Ramires down the right, he easily shrugged off Jose Enrique and as he dribbled into the box I think everyone was expecting him to shoot to the far post but he blasts it at the near and Reina got a hand to it but really had no chance!! He does know how to score an important goal, it seems
2:27am
Matt Bungard said | 2:27am | Report comment
10th min:
A moment of miscommunication between Jose Enrique and Gerrard and the ball goes out of play. I hope this doesn’t turn out as dull as the last blog I did (City v United)…but the first ten minutes haven’t given me much hope
2:22am
Matt Bungard said | 2:22am | Report comment
5th min:
Liverpool struggling to get in the game so far as the ball has remained in their half for most of the first five minutes.
2:19am
Matt Bungard said | 2:19am | Report comment
3rd min:
Ashley Cole with a neat backheel down the line, trying to find Mata, but it’s taken away from the Spaniard by Skrtel.
2:17am
Matt Bungard said | 2:17am | Report comment
1st min:
Drogba tries an audacious effort from a wide angle and well outside the area. It goes wide of goal.
2:16am
Matt Bungard said | 2:16am | Report comment
We are underway at Wembley!!
2:12am
Matt Bungard said | 2:12am | Report comment
My FOX Colleague @markcleary7 has just tweeted me with his prediction: A Gerrard penalty to give Liverpool a 1-0 half-time lead before Drogba and Kalou swing it for Chelsea in the second. Not beyond the realms of possibility.
And you can tweet me throughout @TheMattBungard
2:10am
Matt Bungard said | 2:10am | Report comment
Hi everyone, we’re about 10 minutes from kick-off. Lets take a look at the lineups:
Chelsea (4-2-3-1):
Cech
Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Terry (c), Cole
Lampard, Mikel
Ramires, Kalou, Mata
Drogba
Bench: Turnbull, Essien, Torres, Malouda, Meireles, Ferreira, Sturridge
Liverpool (4-2-3-1):
Reina
Johnson, Skrtel, Agger, Jose Enrique
Henderson, Spearing
Downing, Gerrard (c), Bellamy
Suarez
Bench: Doni, Carroll, Maxi Rodriguez, Kuyt, Carragher, Shelvey, Kelly
1:05am
Adi said | 1:05am | Report comment
Well I wish it is 2-1 to liverpool with suarez and carrol scoring and the chelsea goal from torres