Liverpool go the full distance, to ensure – just about – they can still do the maximum.

Edouard Mendy could save from Sadio Mane, but he couldn’t save Chelsea’s turbulent season. Liverpool win their eighth FA Cup, and Jurgen Klopp’s first, to become both the third most successful in the competition’s history as well as just the third team to win both domestic cups in a single season.

Most importantly of all, the quadruple still has legs, even if that’s not quite the case for a lot of Jurgen Klopp’s squad.

The worries about Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk going off as well as the exhausted state of the squad can wait, though, since there’s nothing like the motivational effect of victory. Liverpool will feel they have a new momentum, after a 6-5 penalty shoot-out victory from an absorbing 0-0.

Chelsea must only look to what next under a new owner. Poor Mason Mount, who saw the decisive penalty saved by Alisson, will wonder what might have been.

The echoes of the past had been unwanted until, at the last, there was a welcome nod to history. Liverpool can savour the sight of a left-back deciding a penalty shootout.

Alan Kennedy won the 1984 European Cup in that way and, 38 years on, Kostas Tsimikas secured the FA Cup in similarly nerveless style. Kennedy’s place in Anfield folklore was already secure before he finished off Roma. The unglamorous figure for the big occasion had scored the only goal of the 1981 European Cup final to beat Real Madrid.

Others at Liverpool have less fond memories of Real. As Liverpool head for a reunion in Paris, there was an unwanted action replay of their last final meeting. For the 2018 Champions League, read the 2022 FA Cup. Scarcely more than half an hour into a final and Mohamed Salah’s game was over. This time, there was no sign of Sergio Ramos. There was nothing as dramatic, nothing as malevolent. There was no-one to blame. This time Salah got the right colour medal. But once again, it opened up the possibility the Champions League will be decided in his absence.

Liverpool have won the FA Cup after beating Chelsea on penalties at Wembley. Kostas Tsimikas scored the winning penalty in sudden-death, after Alisson saved from Mason Mount.

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The celebrations continue for Liverpool.

Liverpool’s match winning goalkeeper, Alisson, spoke with the BBC after the game saying:

“It’s amazing, we did such a good performance. It was a shame we didn’t score. It was a proper fight, we kept a clean sheet, and then afterwards the boys were unbelievable scoring the goals. I just had to save the last one.

“I am so happy. Myself and also Mendy did amazing saves. I couldn’t have done the saves without the help of the team. They work well and make it easier for me.

[On his penalty save] “It was good hey? All goalkeeper coaches they help me with the decisions. They are fantastic players, Chelsea did really well but we deserved to win this. I only make the save because we deserved to win this.

“This gives us more confidence in the Premier League and also the Champions League final. It’s a fantastic moment now, we just need to enjoy”

Jordan Henderson makes his way to the FA Cup. He takes a pause, grasps the handles then holds it aloft as the confetti flies.

Liverpool are the 2022 FA Cup winners.

Jurgen Klopp and James Milner lead Liverpool into the stands to collect their winner’s medals. Captain Jordan Henderson will bring up the rear and lift the trophy.

As you would expect their are smiles and cheers galore across the whole Liverpool squad. Henderson is the eighth Liverpool captain to lift the trophy.

Jürgen Klopp has become only the second manager to win the European Cup/Champions League, FA Cup, League Cup and the English top-flight title all with the same English club, along with Sir Alex Ferguson (who did it with Man Utd).

Unfortunately Chelsea become the first team in history to lose three successive FA Cup finals. It could have gone either way but it wans’t to be for the Blues.

The players make their way into the stands to receive their runners-up medals.