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Liverpool win FA Cup in penalty shootout

Liverpool have won the FA Cup, earning a 6-5 penalty shootout triumph over Chelsea in the final after a goalless 120 minutes at Wembley.

Add the FA Cup to the collection ... Jurgen Klopp has now won every major title for Liverpool.

A 6-5 victory over Chelsea on penalties in Saturday's final produced Liverpool's first FA Cup triumph since 2006 and kept them in contention for - potentially rather than likely - a quadruple of trophies.

Just like in the League Cup final in February, the FA Cup showpiece ended 0-0 through 120 minutes before Liverpool prevailed again, 6-5 in the penalty shootout.

This time, the Reds were helped by Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount's penalty being saved before Kostas Tsimikas clinched the shootout win with his first-ever goal for the club.

"The small margins are again the difference and I cannot be more proud of my boys," said Klopp, who has emulated Manchester United's Alex Ferguson as only the second manager to win the European Cup, Premier League, League Cup and FA Cup with the same English club.

In two weeks, Liverpool will be hoping to win the Champions League final again against Real Madrid.

Before then, Klopp has to hope Manchester City slip up in the final two rounds of the Premier League and Liverpool can take advantage to regain that trophy.

"That is part of the 'mentality monsters' as well, going to extra time and keeping the high level, performing well," Liverpool's goalkeeping hero Alisson Becker said.

"It gives us even more confidence to keep on going for the Premier League and also the Champions League final."

There was only more Wembley pain for Chelsea. Weeks of ownership turmoil for the club are ending with them becoming the first team to lose three consecutive FA Cup finals.

The final of world football's oldest competition had never gone to penalties before at Wembley. There hadn't even been a goalless final after extra time since it started being played at the national stadium in 1923.

But Liverpool's last FA Cup success in 2006 was in one of the two previous shootouts that settled the Cup final that both happened in Cardiff while Wembley was being rebuilt.

Saturday's final ended with one half of the stadium shrouded in a red haze of smoke after beginning under a cloud when Liverpool fans jeered the national anthem and the introduction of Prince William.

After the ceremony to mark 150 years of the FA Cup, the 141st final was more tense than turgid, just like in the League Cup final.

There were 58 shots produced by the teams without finding the net over their two games at Wembley in 2022.

It didn't help that Liverpool's star striker Mohamed Salah had to come off after 33 minutes with a sore groin to be replaced by Diogo Jota.

A blistering start to the second half by Chelsea saw Marcos Alonso shoot wide and send a free kick onto the crossbar.

But a late flurry of Liverpool attempts couldn't prevent the game going into extra time, with the post hit by Diaz from a tight angle and Andy Robertson from close range.

And for only the second time - after Arsenal's 2005 meeting with Manchester United in Cardiff - an FA Cup final ended 0-0 after extra time.

The shootout was going Liverpool's way after captain Cesar Azpilicueta missed Chelsea's second penalty until Sadio Mane missed a chance to win it when Senegal teammate Mendy saved his kick.

Mount was thwarted and Tsimikas produced his biggest moment since joining Liverpool in 2020 as Liverpool claimed their eighth FA Cup.

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