It’s the biggest weekend of the year in the FA Cup with Liverpool facing Chelsea at Wembley, while the games imploding Leeds have been waiting for have finally arrived…
Game to watch – The FA Cup final
The occasion doesn’t enjoy the reverence it once did, but Saturday’s FA Cup final should still be a doozy.
Talk of Quadruples and Trebles has been muted somewhat by Manchester City’s relentless brilliance, but Liverpool remain on course to pick up three pots, with this their second visit to Wembley before a trip to Paris at the end of the month. And City might yet blow up in their remaining two games…
Victory for the Reds would complete the set for Jurgen Klopp, even if all four at once looks unlikely. “I absolutely love this competition,” said Klopp in his Wembley programme notes, who admits his record so far in the FA Cup “has not been a reason for big parties”.
It’s been a decade since Liverpool have been in a final and not since Steven Gerrard’s heroics in 2006 have Liverpool lifted the FA Cup. Back then, Chelsea had won it three times compared to Liverpool’s seven. Now, after five subsequent triumphs for the Blues, the Reds are playing catch-up.
For Chelsea, the FA Cup represents an opportunity to take something tangible from a very strange season indeed. With no need for rotation, we get to see what Thomas Tuchel believes to be his best XI, or at least the best XI to beat Liverpool.
For the Chelsea boss, there are decisions to be made throughout his team. Eduoard Mendy or Kepa? Probably Mendy. Should the out-of-form, big-game-player Cesar Azpilicueta keep his place? Who in midfield if not the crocked Mateo Kovacic? And should Romelu Lukaku lead the line after his mini-revival in form?
Lukaku caused Liverpool problems in the Carabao Cup final, one of three draws between these two sides this season. All the signs point to this meeting being just as close as the others.
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