Liverpool win the FA Cup as Kostas Tsimikas scores winning penalty vs Chelsea

Liverpool have won the FA Cup to keep their quadruple dreams alive after a dramatic penalty shootout vs Chelsea.

For the second time this season, the two giants of English football locked horns under the Wembley arch having already contested an engrossing Carabao Cup final earlier in the campaign.

On that occasion, the Blues and Reds were practically inseparable as they went all the way to penalties on the back of 120 minutes stacked full of disallowed goals.

And while there might not have been VAR interventions every 10 seconds this time around, there was a similar tension in the air as Chelsea and Liverpool reunited for the FA Cup climax on Saturday.

There was also a familiar feeling to just how gripping the match proved to be with Jurgen Klopp and Thomas Tuchel intricately contesting a chess match for millions of viewers to enjoy around the world.

Nevertheless, in the early exchanges, it was Liverpool who took control with the Champions League finalists coming a matter of inches away from opening the scoring in north London.

A pair of stunning passes from Alisson Becker and Trent Alexander-Arnold created a great chance for Luis Diaz that left Chelsea’s back-line scrambling to get the ball clear of their goal mouth.

So close!