FA Cup Final: Live Report

55 mins: SUBSTITUTION

Dalglish decides to reshuffle his line-up and the ineffective Spearing trudges off the pitch to be replaced by Andy Carroll.

52 mins: GOAL! Chelsea 2 Liverpool 0

Drogba shows his marker a clean pair of heels to race onto a sweet pass from Lampard to slot the ball past Reina. That is now eight goals in nine Wembley appearances for the Ivorian striker.

48 mins: Liverpool fans appeal for a penalty as Gerrard charges into the area but loses his balance just before he can tee-up a shot.

1718GMT: Liverpool get the second-half under way.

1717GMT: Liverpool haven\'t made any changes, which might come as a surprise to anyone who watched the first-half. How long before Dalglish rolls the dice and sends on Carroll?

1713 GMT: "Enrique too easily outpaced for me for goal,Gerrard needs Henderson to be sitter,and move further up pitch.Thats where SG is dangerous," adds Collymore.

1711 GMT: Ex-Liverpool striker Stan Collymore takes to Twitter to complain about the lack of quality throughout the first-half.

"Feels like how the league game at Anfield might be on Tuesday,not a cup Final. A dead rubber," he says.

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