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Sunday 6 May 2012


" Chelsea vs Liverpool FA Cup Final " : Match report ,score



The evening at New Wembley  last day , turned blue as Chelsea lifted the  F.A. Cup for the fifth time in six consecutive years , The London side overpowered Kenny Daglish’s men 2-1 to go in to winning the F.A Cup title in a what could be claimed a very closely contested game ,  Chelsea entirely dominated the first phase of the game muscling out Liverpool’s every attempt  , and countering at all possible opportunities .  Di Matteo , relied on Ivory Coast International Dider Drogba  to spearhead Chelsea’s attack line , benching Fernando Torres , Jhon Terry along side with Ivanovic  held their compact defense , and cancelled out  Liverpool’s desparate attempts at goal during the  first 45 minutes of the game , Chelsea looked sharped and focused , as they netted in the first goal through Ramires with assistance from Matta  , capitalizing by defeating  Pepe Reina at his near post , thus secured an early advantage  only 11th minute into the game , Chelsea dominated mostly during the first half .

Soon , after the break , it was now Chelsea’s ace striker Drogba who scored in the 53rd minute, after a low  far corner shot from the edge of the box ,which  earned the London side a 2 goal advantage., Frank Lampard ‘s pass was well received and placed perfectly by the Ivory  Coast veteran after losing his marker Martin Skrtel , the game looked well in in favor of  Chelsea  , but it was only till then , Liverpool manager realizing the immediate need for an extra attacker , feilded  Andy Carrol on to the pitch . It took a mere span of minutes for Liverpool to completely turn the tides there on , Carrol utilizing his physique started menacing the entire Chelsea defense line , giving a hard time to Ivanovic particularly , Liverpool promptly  got back in their usual flow and took charge of the game , putting more men into the attack , the game from there on witnessed an  array of  attempts at goal by the Liverpool  attack line and the  fans at Wembley backed the reds coinciding  with their  momentary impact in the  game .

Soon into 64th minute of the match , Liverpool capitalized after an mistake from Chelsea defender Bosingwa ,which saw the ball land into Andy Carrol ,utilizing the chance , shot a stunner from the penalty area making it 1 for Liverpool , suddenly Liverpool’s game picked up momentum and they looked  the more dangerous in attacks.

A controversial  goal line save from Peter Chec , secured Chelsea’s lead after it was again Andy Carrol whose header was diverted by  the Chelsea  goalkeeper .

Upon instruction from Di Matteo Chelsea switched to a defensive play , and holding out ball for the rest of the remaining game , thus ensuring their Seventh F.A. Cup win .They will now go into play the UEFA Champions League on 19th of May with a already a trophy in their bag.

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