2022 FA Cup final

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As a Premier League team, Chelsea entered the tournament in the third round and had the home advantage when they defeated Chesterfield 5–1 at Stamford Bridge.{{Cite news |last=McNulty |first=Phil |date=8 January 2022 |title=Chelsea 5-1 Chesterfield |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59911376 |access-date=21 December 2022}} They had home advantage again when they faced Plymouth Argyle in the fourth round, but this was harder work, as they were held to a 1–1 draw in 90 minutes before César Azpilicueta scored the winner in extra time.{{Cite news |last=Howarth |first=Matthew |date=5 February 2022 |title=Chelsea 2-1 Plymouth Argyle |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60266346 |access-date=21 December 2022}} In the fifth round away to Luton Town at Kenilworth Road, the home side took the lead twice in the first half, but goals from Timo Werner and Romelu Lukaku after the break put Chelsea through.{{Cite news |last=McNulty |first=Phil |date=2 March 2022 |title=Luton Town 2-3 Chelsea |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60562803 |access-date=21 December 2022}}

They had to travel again for the sixth round against Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium, where goals from Lukaku and Hakim Ziyech were enough to put them through to the semi-finals.{{Cite news |last=Rose |first=Gary |date=19 March 2022 |title=Middlesbrough 0-2 Chelsea |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60698095 |access-date=21 December 2022}} Against Crystal Palace at Wembley, Chelsea scored twice in the second half to give them a 2–0 win and a third straight FA Cup final, their fifth in six seasons.{{Cite news |last=McNulty |first=Phil |date=17 April 2022 |title=Chelsea 2-0 Crystal Palace |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61119547 |access-date=21 December 2022}}

Liverpool also entered the tournament in the third round, as one of the 20 Premier League teams. They were drawn against Shrewsbury Town at Anfield, and despite going 1–0 down, they came back to win 4–1.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59911414 |title=Liverpool fight back to beat Shrewsbury |work=BBC Sport }} They made it through their fourth round tie at home to Cardiff City more comfortably, going 3–0 up before a late consolation for the visitors made it 3–1.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60187991 |title=Liverpool ease past Cardiff in FA Cup |work=BBC Sport }} A first-half brace from Takumi Minamino gave them a 2–1 win at home to Norwich City in the fifth round, holding off a second-half comeback.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60562817 |title=Minamino double takes Liverpool through |work=BBC Sport }} The sixth round gave them their first away draw of the competition, a trip to face Nottingham Forest at the City Ground, but Diogo Jota's 78th-minute goal was enough to see them through to the semi-finals.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60698123 |title=Liverpool beat Forest to set up Man City semi |work=BBC Sport }} At Wembley, they took a 3–0 first-half lead against Manchester City, thanks to Konaté and a brace from Mané; Jack Grealish pulled one back for City early in the second half, but the only other goal came from Bernardo Silva in injury time, and Liverpool held on to win 3–2 and reach their first FA Cup final in 10 years.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61120882 |title=Liverpool beat Man City to reach FA Cup final |work=BBC Sport }}

This was the sides' second meeting in an FA Cup final, having met in 2012, when Chelsea won 2–1. They also met in four other title-deciding matches; the 2005 and 2022 League Cup finals, the 2006 FA Community Shield, and the 2019 UEFA Super Cup; Chelsea won the 2005 meeting and Liverpool won the other three.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}} The two teams had met earlier in the season, in the 2022 EFL Cup Final, with Liverpool winning on penalties, with both matches between the teams in the 2021–22 Premier League ending in draws, 1–1 at Anfield and 2–2 at Stamford Bridge. This was the first time that the same pair of teams met in both the EFL Cup Final and the FA Cup Final of the same season since Arsenal and Sheffield Wednesday in 1993.

In the 8th minute, Trent Alexander-Arnold passed into the path of Luis Díaz who ran in on goal and shot low from the left which was saved by Édouard Mendy and eventually cleared. In the 23rd minute, Christian Pulisic shot past the left post for Chelsea after a low cross from the right.{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12612211/chelsea-0-0-liverpool-5-6-on-pens-kostas-tsimikas-clinches-fa-cup-for-reds-after-mason-mounts-penalty-saved-in-shoot-out |title=Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool (5-6 on pens): Kostas Tsimikas clinches FA Cup for Reds after Mason Mount's penalty saved in shoot-out|date=14 May 2022|work=Sky Sports|accessdate=8 July 2022}}

Chelsea had another chance in the 27th minute with Alisson getting down to block a shot from the left by Marcos Alonso. In the 47th minute, Alisson again got down to his right to save a shot from Pulisic. A minute later Marcos Alonso hit a free-kick from the right against the back left post. In the 83rd minute, Luis Díaz shot from the right of the penalty area which went wide off the outside of the right past. A minute later Andrew Robertson hit a shot against the left post from close range after a cross from the right by James Milner. Luis Díaz curled another shot just past the right post in the 90th minute.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61429640 |title=Chelsea 0 Liverpool 0 (Liverpool win 6-5 on penalties)|date=14 May 2022|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=8 July 2022}}

After no goals in extra time, the match went to a penalty shoot-out. The shoot-out took place at the east end of the stadium. César Azpilicueta hit the post with Chelsea's second penalty, which mean after four successful penalties by Liverpool, Sadio Mané had the chance to win the shoot-out; however, his penalty was saved by his Senegal international teammate Mendy down low to his left, forcing sudden death. After Hakim Ziyech and Diogo Jota dispatched their penalties, Alisson saved down to his left from Mason Mount, allowing Kostas Tsimikas to win it for Liverpool, sending Mendy the wrong way and shooting it low into the left corner.{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2022/may/14/chelsea-v-liverpool-fa-cup-final-live|title=As it happened: Chelsea 0 Liverpool 0 (Liverpool win 6-5 on penalties)|date=14 May 2022|work=The Guardian|accessdate=8 July 2022}}

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