Liverpool can dream of the quadruple after beating Chelsea 6-5 in post-match penalties to win the trophy on Sunday.
With the Reds nonetheless in rivalry for the Premier League and the Champions League crowns, there’s a perception that this has been one of many best-assembled Liverpool in current time with Jurgen Klopp describing the group as ‘unimaginable’.
However what are the stats clocked of their historic win over Chelsea within the World’s oldest soccer competitors?
- Liverpool have received each of England’s home cup competitions for the primary time since 2000-01 when in addition they went on to win a European trophy that season.
- Chelsea at the moment are the primary facet since Newcastle United (1974, 1998 & 1999) to lose three consecutive FA Cup finals having misplaced in 2019-20 (vs Arsenal), 2020-21 (vs Leicester), and tonight in opposition to Liverpool.
- Liverpool now have eight FA Cups to their identify, a document solely bettered by Manchester United with 12 and Arsenal with 14.
- That is solely the third FA Cup closing to go all the way in which to penalties, with the facet who completed greater within the desk that season successful each occasions (Arsenal v Man Utd in 2004-05 and Liverpool v West Ham in 2005-06).
- Jurgen Klopp has develop into solely the second supervisor to win the European Cup/Champions League, FA Cup, League Cup and the English top-flight title all with the identical English membership, after Sir Alex Ferguson with Manchester United.
- Mason Mount has now misplaced his 5 finals in a row at Wembley Stadium: three FA Cups (2020, 2021, 2022), EURO 2020 and the 2022 Carabao Cup closing.
- Chelsea have now misplaced 10 of their final 16 finals courting again to 2015, with the six wins coming within the League Cup (2015), FA Cup (2018), Europa League (2019), Champions League (2021), UEFA Tremendous Cup (2021) and Membership World Cup (2021).
- Sadio Mane has now received 4 penalty shootouts in 2022: the AFCON closing & World Cup qualification in opposition to Egypt, the Carabao Cup and FA Cup finals in opposition to Chelsea.
- Alisson Becker and Edouard Mendy have each now develop into the second and third goalkeepers to maintain a clear sheet in each a European Cup/Champions League closing and an FA Cup closing after Ray Clemence of Liverpool.
Stats by Opta, Orbinho and Squawka
