Agnes Beever-Jones kept the four-fold hope of Chelsea alive when her stop-time goal sealed a 2-1 comeback victory on Liverpool in the semi-final of the ladies Fa Cup of Saturday.
Chelsea came from behind in the first half, and Bever-Jones established the draw at Kingsmeadow in the 94th minute when extra time gowned up.
The side of Sonia Bompastor dominated the early stages without disturbing the goalkeeper Rachael -laws of Liverpool and was left in the 21st minute.
Marie-Therese Hobinger split the defense of the blues with an excellent Ballet, where Olivia Smith stuck before he led a low shot in the top left corner.
Hannah Hampton denied Hobinger shortly thereafter with a nice near-post-rescue, but Chelsea found an equalizer in the first half of the stop time. In it, Cuthbert benefited from a deflection to lobe the laws, who could only help with the inside of the pole and across the line.
Laws denied Bever-Jones and Johanna Rytting Kanyd after the break, and Liverpool almost took a winner against the game when Taylor Hinds hit the bar in the 90th minute with a quirky cross with a quirky cross.
Yet Beever-Jones had the last word, getting up high to meet the cross of Sandy Baltimore and send a running header over the laws with the wrong foot.
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– Chelsea FC Women (@chelseafcw) 12 April 2025
Data debrief: Blues March On
Chelsea had to do it in the hard way, but the Super League leaders of the women have ensured that they still have a chance to win the four -fold.
They will play their eighth Cup final on May 18, because they strive to win the competition for the sixth time, which would move them jointly in the List of all time winners.
The blues accumulated the pressure on Liverpool, who wanted to reach a first FA Cup final since 1996, with 24 attempts with a value of 2.93 expected goals (XG), although they have only managed four attempts on goal.
Match winner Bever-Jones was the driving force in their attack, with six of those attempts (two on goal), which herself collected 1.3 XG and closed a brilliant week in which she also scored her first England goal.
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