Chelsea duo Mason Mount and Reece James set unfortunate Wembley record in FA Cup loss to Liverpool

In the end, Chelsea fell 6-5 on penalties against Liverpool in the 2021-22 FA Cup at Wembley Stadium on Saturday, May 14, 2022, following a goalless stalemate in regulation and extra time. The defeat for Chelsea is the third time in as many years that the club has fallen short of the championship game.

Exactly like the Carabao Cup Final this February, both teams had several opportunities to score, but neither could find the goal. During the second half, both Luis Diaz and Diogo Jota struck the post for the Reds, while Marcos Alonso hit the crossbar for Thomas Tuchel's side.

The Blues lost for the third year in a row when penalties were needed to separate the two teams at the conclusion of the game. On the otehr hand, the Merseyside keep creating heroes in a season that will go down in history for all the right reasons, while also winning trophies and raising the prospect of something monumental.

With their recent Wembley finals record, Chelsea's reputation as a 'second home' is now questionable at best. That they have now lost five domestic cup finals in a row at Wembley, which includes the previous three FA Cup finals and two of the last four Carabao Cup finals, is maybe not surprising considering their terrible record at Stamford Bridge in recent times.

More than a year after they lost the Euro 2020 with England, Mason Mount and Reece James have failed to win any prestigious trophies at all at the Wembley Stadium, the home of the Finals. This is their third consecutive defeat, having to cope with dissapointiment at the UEFA Euros, the Carabao Cup, and the FA Cup.

To be fair, the 23-year-old playmaker's dismal Wembley record predates Frank Lampard's time as Derby County's manager. In 2019, while on loan from Chelsea,