Chelsea removed the Palace and will play another final against Liverpool

Chelsea will be Liverpool’s rivals in the FA Cup final to be played at Wembley on May 14 after beating Crystal Palace today (2-0) at the same stadium. Goals from Ruben Loftus-Cheek, who came on after half-time to replace Matthew Kovacic due to injury, and Mason Mount in the second half decided the London derby with a good atmosphere on the stands and the presence of the coach of England’s Gareth Southgate.

Chelsea and Liverpool will meet for the second time in their history in the FA Cup final. The only precedent was in the 2011-2012 season, when the ‘blues’ won 2-1. However, this course they have already met in another final at Wembley, the League Cup or Carabao Cup. It was on Feb. 27 and then the ‘reds’, after 0-0 in 120 minutes, prevailed through penalties (11-10) when Kepa threw the last of 22 pitches.

Three central defenders and dominance without chances

After being eliminated on Tuesday in the Champions League quarterfinals against Real Madrid, Thomas Tuchel returned to his traditional defense with three central defenders and Chelsea completely dominated the match but failed to translate that control into the game on chances through of crashing repeatedly before. the wall of a Crystal Palace that for over an hour was comfortable on the pitch.

The ‘blues’ didn’t find an offensive reference to channel their continuous ball passes and he poured a few shots until he opened the scoring. Instead, Patrick Vieira’s Crystal Palace gave a greater sense of danger to their few arrivals.

Kouyaté had two chances for the Palace

They had the two best chances before breaking the semi-finals. Both were performed by Cheikhou Kouyaté, the first in the 36th minute with a whiplash after a defensive rebound brought down by Edouard Mendy.

Loftus-Cheek opened the can

In the second half, again in a set piece, Kouyaté ended up in a corner and his header was approaching the post (61 ‘). That was Palace’s last option because, four minutes later, Chelsea scored on a lucky move when center back Marc Guéhi came in to close out Kai Havertz’s internment and the rebound fell at the feet of Loftus-Cheek, who was the howitzer succeeded goalkeeper Jack Butland after grazing a defender.

Mount sentences with good intent

Vieira introduced two changes and the Palace struggled but Chelsea found more space and were sentenced. This is a great goal for its implementation. Werner’s persistence, relentlessly fighting the defenders, was rewarded when he assisted Mount, whose target control left him alone against Butland, whom he defeated with a cross shot (76 ‘).

Center back Joachim Andersen, again from a corner, was able to put Palace back in the fight but his header in an unbeaten situation rose (78 ‘). On the other hand, Chelsea could have extended the victory to the 90th minute when Romelu Lukaku, who came in for Havertz, finished off the post, one meter from goal, after another pass by Werner.

Finish the Palace dream

Palace ended their dream of reaching their third FA Cup final, a title they have yet to win, as Chelsea play it for the 16th time and will seek a ninth chance to write their name on the list of winners in tournament.