Liverpool wins FA Cup final after beating Chelsea in nerve-racking penalty shootout

By Aimee Lewis, CNN

Updated 1854 GMT (0254 HKT) May 14, 2022

Liverpool's Greek defender Kostas Tsimikas was the unlikely shootout hero.

Wembley Stadium, London (CNN)There is something about this Liverpool team.

For all their qualities — the intense pressing, the defensive solidity, the whirlwind attacks — perhaps their finest is a sense of drama on occasions such as these.Just as in the League Cup final earlier this year at Wembley, Jurgen Klopp's men needed penalties to see off Chelsea and lift some silverware at the same stadium.As improbable as it is that the Reds will become the first English team to win all three domestic competitions and the European Cup, the quadruple is still possible thanks to this FA Cup win.Two trophies in the cabinet this season, room being kept for two more. It is why Liverpool fans are still dreaming. History could still be made.Read MoreJust as in the League Cup final, a scoreless 120 minutes belied the quality of the match. Chances were created, goal posts were rattled, but perhaps it was fitting that on the 150th anniversary of football's oldest cup competition the final was decided in the most theatrical of ways as Liverpool edged Chelsea on penalties.Liverpool fans can celebrate a first FA Cup triumph since 2006.Chances galoreEven an occasion as traditional as this — a marching band before kick-off, Royalty presenting the trophy — recognises world events.Like many a grand sporting occasion, political statements were made. First, Liverpool fans booed the English national anthem, then captains and officials stood with the Ukrainian flag which had the words 'PEACE' emblazoned in black capital letters and, just before this oldest of competitions got underway, the players took the knee.The