Liverpool striker Andy Carroll makes an instant impact as a substitute with a goal, however Chelsea still lead 2-1.
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Ramires Goal v Chelsea
Chelsea midfielder Ramires gives Chelsea the lead against Liverpool in the 131st FA Cup Final proper.
FA Cup Final: Liverpool v Chelsea Match Facts
So the 131st FA Cup Final is nearly upon us, as Liverpool and Chelsea look to paper over the cracks of their poor League form by their standards at least.
It also could be a day of redemption for record transfer holders Fernando Torres and Andy Carroll with Torres looking to put one over on his old club. But who will it be? Will it be Liverpool adding to their League Cup success or will it be the Champions League Finalists Chelsea who walk up those famous Wembley steps to receive the equally famous piece of silverware?
MATCH FACTS
On all three occasions Liverpool had beaten Everton in an FA Cup semi-final before this season, the Reds went on to lose the final.
Only three teams have previously won the League Cup and FA Cup in the same season: Arsenal in 92/93, Liverpool in 00/01 and Chelsea in 06/07.
Liverpool could become the first team to achieve two FA/League Cup doubles, after they won both cups in 2000/01.
Chelsea have only lost one of their last 33 FA Cup matches (excluding penalty shootout defeats).
That one defeat, 0-1 against Barnsley in March 2008, is also the only time the Blues have failed to score in their last 39 FA Cup games (100 goals in total).
Excluding penalty shoot-out defeats, Chelsea are unbeaten in 22 FA Cup games, only one side has ever gone longer without defeat in the competition: Blackburn Rovers between October 1883 and November 1886 (23 games).
Since the start of the 2006/07 competition, Frank Lampard has scored more goals than any other player in the FA Cup proper (19).
This will be the 10th FA Cup meeting between these two sides and the first FA Cup final contested by them.
There has never been a draw in the nine previous FA Cup meetings between these teams, with Chelsea holding a narrow (5-4) advantage in the head to head record.
This FA Cup fixture has seen an average of 3.8 goals over the nine previous encounters.
The Blues have won five of their last six FA Cup final appearances, keeping a clean sheet in four of these victories.
Conversely, Liverpool have kept just one clean sheet in their last eight FA Cup final appearances (2-0 v Sunderland in 1992).
The Reds have won four of their last five FA Cup final matches, the last victory coming after a penalty shoot-out against West Ham.
Liverpool have won their last four games against Chelsea in all competitions, scoring seven goals and conceding just one in the process.
This will be the 31st meeting between these two sides since 2004/05.
Only once in their last 29 FA Cup games have Chelsea conceded more than once in a game, keeping 12 clean sheets in this period.
Excluding the Community Shield, Didier Drogba has scored in all seven of his matches at Wembley.
Luis Suarez has scored in all three of his FA Cup appearances for the Reds.
Maxi Rodriguez has scored for Liverpool in both of his appearances against Chelsea this season.
In only one of the last six clashes between these two teams have both sides managed to get on the score-sheet.
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Every year the cup celebrations involves dropping the cup or the lid which happens nearly every year, but who and how the FA Cup stays in such pristine condition is just what we can find out right now with this video-clip courtesy of FATV.
Fiorentina Coach Attacks Player, Get’s Sack
Fiorentina are on the look-out for a new manager after sacking Delio Rossi who attacked his own player Adem Ljajic in last nights 2-2 draw with Novara.
Ljajic who was substituted after just 32 minutes with Fiorentina trailing 2-0 mockingly clapped the decision from Rossi to remove the player, leading Rossi to lose his cool and subsequently punched the Serbian midfielder.
