Women’s FA Cup: Aggie Beever-Jones scores late winner against Liverpool to send Chelsea to Wembley

Aggie Beever-Jones scored a winner of the stopping time when Chelsea booked their place in the ladies' FA Cup final by beating Liverpool 2-1.

Liverpool took the lead against the Run of Play through the low finish of Olivia Smith, but in it Cuthbert brought the peace to the tranquility for the hosts.

Chelsea went close to the break through Bever-Jones and Johanna Rytting Kanyd before the Reds got the chance when the dip strike of Taylor Hinds bounced on the last moments of the bar.

With the game apparently intended for extra time, the late header of Beever-Jones Chelsea's place in the Wembley final of next month and kept the four-time hope of the team alive.

In the first minutes, Cuthbert curled a teasing corner in the six-year area for Nathalie Bjorn, who could not nod home.

Chelsea continued to threaten from the corners, with Rachael -laws that were forced to push a immersion episode away from Sandy Baltimore on the right.

Cuthbert then cut through the defense before he played a quick pass in Rytting Kanyd in the middle of the box and the midfielder had bent her low effort wide.

Despite the dominant start of Chelsea, Liverpool suddenly hit their first real effort 21 minutes after Marie Hobinger played a smart through Ball in Smith, who made a brilliant sprint the right side to cut and beat Baltimore before walking in the far corner.

Millie Bright made an essential block to deny Smith while the Reds wanted to extend their benefits and they came close to the resulting corner when an unmarked Grace Fisk volleyde over the bar.

Fisk then became the provider with another break on the right and turned into Hobinger, who had saved her powerful effort by Hannah Hampton before Gemma Bonner nodded wide from a corner.

After a good pressure of pressure, Chelsea pulled one back through Cuthbert in the second minute of the first half of the stopping time.

Liverpool was unable to defend the cross of Baltimore and Mayra Ramirez made an important touch to drop the ball into the midfielder of Scotland, which hooked her shot off the post.

Chelsea started the second half well and Ramirez was woven into the box, but the visitors knew before she could shoot and Bonner made a big challenge to stop Bever-Jones.

Liverpool was forced to respond again to defend the header of Bright and the laws made two saves, who have a cross of Lucy Bronze to the right before they made a quick stop of the close-range effort of Bever-Jones.

The chances kept coming if Bever-Jones and Cuthbert both strikes sail over the bar on both sides of the laws that bounce on a low header of Rytting Kaneryd.

Wieke Kaptein cut a shot wide on the back post while the game landed on the last phases and Liverpool almost took a late winner when Hinds' Dipschot hit the bar and was rolled away by Hampton.

Beever-Jones, however, had the last word for Chelsea in the fourth minute of the second half of the stop time, which led the ball over the laws from the cross of Baltimore to send her side to Wembley.

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