Liverpool: Thiago's FA Cup final penalty vs Chelsea was so cold

Thiago Alcantara is pure gold.

Watching the Liverpool star glide around a football pitch is truly a sight to behold, strutting his stuff with intangible ease that’s only apparent in icons such as Paul Scholes and Andrea Pirlo.

It’s not necessarily something that you could describe or even illustrate in statistics, but it’s a certain footballing essence that reminds us all why the sport is called: the beautiful game.

Now, while that might just sound like flowery nonsense to some, the simple fact of the matter is that Thiago has been absolutely extraordinary across Liverpool’s hunt for the quadruple.

No doubt the man himself would be the first person to admit that his debut season at Anfield fell short of expectations, but there’s no denying that he’s gotten into the swing of things now.

And the majestic Spaniard managed to get his hands on a second piece of silverware with the Reds when he helped them on their way to FA Cup glory against Chelsea on Saturday night.

Having shimmered in the semi-final win over Manchester City, Thiago was up to his usual tricks under the Wembley arch as he easily stood out as one of the best performers on the day.

And although that wasn’t enough to help Liverpool win in either regulation time or an extra half-hour, Kopites could rest assured that his quality would carry over into the resulting penalty shootout.

In fact, amongst all the celebrations surrounding Liverpool’s FA Cup triumph, we wanted to rewind a little bit and remember just how ice-cold Thiago’s spot-kick proved to be on the way to victory.

Though, to be fair, perhaps we shouldn’t have been surprised that his effort from 12 yards was quite so classy when you consider that this is a man who’s taken a no-look penalty before.

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