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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