Chelsea and Liverpool star this Saturday is the FA Cup final with a taste of revenge, since February 27th Jürgen Klopp’s team won the Carabao Cup, the English League Cup, after beating Chelsea by Thomas Tuchel on penalties (11-10 after 0-0). Now, the Stamford Bridge team is looking for its ninth FA Cup and the Anfield team, the eighth. The record is owned by Arsenal, with fourteen, followed by Manchester United, with twelve. By Thomas Tuchel or Jürgen Klopp they have not yet won.
PRESSURE FACTOR
Chelsea, 3rd in the Premier League, weighed on their shoulders by ensuring-albeit almost, not yet mathematically- their presence in the next Champions League by beating Leeds 0-3 on Wednesday. Liverpool, 2nd, are 3 points behind Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola, leader, with 2 games left. This is a moment where the ‘reds’ have to manage the pressure more than ever: in addition to these last 2 games of the English championship (against Southampton and against Wolves), they have 2 finals, the FA Cup and the Champions, on the 28th against Real Madrid in Paris. Instead, with the Champions League almost in their pocket, Londoners should just focus on this final.
THE LACK OF FABINHO
While Tuchel is still hoping to bring back Mateo Kovacic and N’Golo Kante this Saturday at Wembley, Klopp has a major defeat: that of Fabinho, whose influence on Liverpool’s game has been tremendous. All indications are that the captain, Jordan Henderson, will serve as a means of preventing the Brazilian’s absence, for which Klopp said on Friday he could play in the Champions League finals.
TUCHEL LABAN KLOPP
Klopp is the coach Tuchel has met most often throughout his career (18) and the balance is very favorable to the Liverpool coach today. In 18 games, 3 wins for Tuchel, 5 draws and 10 wins for Klopp. None of them have won the FA Cup yet. Tuchel replaced Klopp as coach of Borussia Dortmund in 2015.
WANTS TO GET REVENGE ON WEMBLEY
Klopp said on Friday that Liverpool did not beat Chelsea in the Carabao Cup final, instead it was a penalty shootout and fate was on the Reds ’side. Kepa Arrizabalaga missed the decisive shot. The truth is that Londoners dream that this FA Cup is for them.
Source: La Verdad
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