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Liverpool beaten again in FA Cup loss to Chelsea

Published:Wednesday | March 4, 2020 | 12:28 AM
Chelsea’s Willian celebrates after scoring his side’s opening goal during the English FA Cup fifth round against Liverpool at Stamford Bridge stadium in London yesterday. Chelsea won 2-0.
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Chelsea’s Willian celebrates after scoring his side’s opening goal during the English FA Cup fifth round against Liverpool at Stamford Bridge stadium in London yesterday. Chelsea won 2-0.

LONDON (AP):

Liverpool were eliminated from the FA Cup yesterday in a 2-0 loss to Chelsea as a run of poor results continued for Jurgen Klopp’s team.

Willian opened the scoring thanks to a goalkeeping blunder from Adrian before Ross Barkley scored a solo goal for Chelsea’s second.

In two weeks, Liverpool have gone from looking near unbeatable in all competitions to losing three of their last four games.

First Atletico Madrid beat Liverpool 1-0 in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 meeting on February 18, then Watford stunned the Reds 3-0 to end an unbeaten run in the Premier League that had lasted more than a year.

And now Chelsea extended Liverpool’s 14-year wait for an FA Cup title.

Willian’s goal followed some uncharacteristically sloppy defending from Liverpool. Fabinho’s fumbled clearance allowed Willian to shoot from the edge of the box. Adrian, starting in place of first-choice goalkeeper Alisson, seemed to have caught the ball before it bounced off his hands and into the net.

In the 64th, Barkley collected the ball inside his own half then drove forward in between two defenders before scoring with a shot from outside the area. Other result: West Brom 2 Newcastle 3.