Dream of four still alive

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

A 6-5 victory over Chelsea on penalties in yesterday’s final produced Liverpool’s first FA Cup triumph since 2006 and kept them in contention for, potentially if unlikely, 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. This time, the Reds were helped by Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount’s penalty being saved before Konstantinos Tsimikas clinched the shootout win with his first-ever goal for the club.

In two weeks, Liverpool will be hoping to collect another trophy by beating Real Madrid in the Champions League final. Before then,

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

There was only more Wembley pain for Chelsea. Weeks of ownership turmoil for Chelsea are ending by becoming the first team to lose three consecutive FA Cup final appearances, having been beaten by Arsenal in 2020 and Leicester last year.

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.