The margins at times are impossibly fine. Liverpool and Chelsea have met four times this season and four times they have drawn. But in each of the two cup finals, Liverpool has prevailed in penalty shootouts.
The Reds have yet another a taste of glory and may enjoy more; Chelsea has nothing. This wasn’t quite the 22-kick marathon of the League Cup final in February, but it took 14 kicks here to separate the sides, Liverpool GK Alisson eventually saving from Chelsea’s Mason Mount before the unlikely figure of reserve left back Kostas Tsimikas won the FA Cup for Liverpool.