Luis Díaz already knows his rival in the FA Cup final

The finalists of the FA Cup are already known. On Saturday, Liverpool beat Manchester City 3-2, and today, Sunday 17 April, Chelsea took the win after beating Crystal Palace 2-0. The final will be played on May 14 between Chelsea and Liverpool, the second time this year they will fight for a title.

Luis Díaz reaches his tenth final throughout his career and the second one wearing the Liverpool shirt. It is worth remembering that the first title that the Colombian has with the team led by Jürgen Klopp was for the English League Cup, a final that was also played against Chelsea. On that occasion the title ended up being defined by penalties after remaining tied in the 120′ minute.

A goal by Ibrahima Konaté in the lead, in the 9th minute, and a double by Sadio Mané, in the 17′ and 45′, captured Liverpool's dominance in the first half at Wembley. Over the second half, City improved and shortened through Jack Grealish, in 47′, and Bernardo Silva, in 90+1′.

After winning the League Cup at the end of February, Jürgen Klopp's team is aiming for a 'treble' of titles at the end of the season: in the Premier League they are in full fight for the title, in the England Cup they are already in the final and in the Champions League they got their ticket to the semifinals on Wednesday, eliminating Benfica in the quarterfinals .

“This is special. It's a big win, in a semifinal, and I'm happy to make it to the final. Every Liverpool player enjoyed this match because we did what needed to be done at the times when it had to be done,” Mané told BBC Sport.

For their part, the players led by Thomas Tuchel had to wait until the second half to win. The first goal came in '65, when a Kai Havertz cross was badly cleared by the Crystal Palace defense and the ball went to Loftus-Cheek, who did not miss that opportunity. Ten minutes later, Mason Mount placed second (75), crossing Timo Werner and fooling goalkeeper Jack Butland with a close shot.

Chelsea will aim for their ninth title in the FA Cup, having won the last one in 2018, while Liverpool will be looking for the eighth and have not lifted that trophy since 2006.

Finally, the final will be a reissue of this season's other 'copera' final in England, the one played by those same two teams at the end of February in the English Cup. The match ended with a 0-0 draw and Liverpool took the title in the penalty shootout (11-10).

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