The Gerrard Final - Liverpool v West Ham 2006 - FULL HIGHLIGHTS | FA Cup Magic

Liverpool include only three Englishmen, Carriger Gerrard and Crouch, in the World Cup squad, but there is nothing new in that because Alan Hansen will remember when they won the double in 1986. Liverpool beat Everton at Wembley without a single English at his side and moves on. the issue of nationality nine of

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ham's starting eleven are british by birth the exception of argentinian lionel scaloni who maintains his place at right back and number 15 yoshi ben ayoom the first israeli to play in an fa cup

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matthew etherington and dean ashton both past fit so i think that's the team you know ideally apart from hayden mullins of course who is suspended that's why fletcher is playing it's pretty close to farley's best team now on the bench , Fernando Morientes, cannot enter the starting lineup, the Spaniard. for Liverpool West Ham with, as I mentioned before, 40-year-old Bobby Zamora and Teddy Sheringham three out of five, of course the usual rules apply.

Alan Wiley has a bit of history with Liverpool. He expelled Reina, the goalkeeper, for the incident with Aryan Robin at Stanford. Bridge a few weeks ago and the interesting thing here, Marcus, I'm sure you'll understand very quickly is how Liverpool will use Seaside. It looks like that's where they started, they'll just play two up front, John and Cool. playing on the left we thought that maybe cece could play on the left, but not because of the first signs, he looks at Gerard from the beginning and he has been knocked down by Konchesky. Gerard was advancing down the right flank from the kick-off, so an early chance here for Peter. get down six foot seven sammy hippy is also going up and getting up now it's a free throw that's taking place now we're not going to see roberto break the record this year alonso reese gifted to benner yoon this is harewood for

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ham rio coco flowing too marlon hayward can hit them here oh from reese's corner yes jamie carragher also only has the word one in his play saying we are careless we start giving the ball away heatherington will go there with benny yoon to supervise the corner from behind comes scaloni and also anton ferdinand here fletcher comes and with the goalkeeper it's ashton free kick oh a little reaction sven joran erickson is here and the last row mr. trevor brooking here is cece just gabriel cece would try something from Have you noticed that he has a red boot and a boot white?

There you go, this is Carrigger Alonso, a little sure it's Beneau, he intercepts Ryoko, he's run forward, this is Ashton Scaloni, he's up on the right side, oh and he was in a great position. in the middle and it's jamie carragher an own goal in the cup

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behind and a low pass from alonso went straight to west ham big delay in the past there from ashton to scalonian i really don't know what he was trying to do jamie carragher Do I think he thought about playing with his right foot and in the end, when Scaloni's cross arrives, he could come out with his left foot?

Yes, he does it well. He didn't give Reyna any chance. People like Gary Mavid and Dez Walker will know how he does it. He feels that he is not the first man to score his own goal in an FA Cup final, but he certainly opened this one. I wonder if rainer really said something to jamie carragher because as we see now carrick could have left him and it was a rebirth. 20 minutes at West Ham have been great beneficiaries. They have scored goals this season. It is the seventh that has gone in his favor. I'd like to know what hairs would have been raised in the end if it had passed to Carrick or Rainer. oh I think rainer would have definitely got it right, clardy is satisfied with his strike, it's the second goal and they are the two players who just came to the team after an injury and the region and Ashton and Liverpool are shaken up playing again since that Ashton on the right side. comes forward, it's about uh, matty etherington, he takes on sammy hippia, what the hell happened to rainer there?

Well, he just lost it, john, I mean, as you rightly say, Edmonton is doing very well, you know where he's going to go as a defender, he moves his around he takes the shot, but for a top-class goalie, Reyna, that's A big mistake. Dean Ashton hesitated all week. You also put your finger on it, Ashton and originally he threw the ball and he continued playing, he bet like good forwards do when Liverpool came. after losing three to nil in the Champions League final last season, they are now losing two to nil in the Fa Cup final kill crouch in front of him push for free kick from Fletcher Liverpool have now had some free kicks in this particular area and they have taken refuge.

I haven't really done much with them. There is no doubt about the free kick as a push. Well, they need something here. It's Gerard taking it early. Offside. Offside. Peter crouches down. I think it's very, very tight, in fact, don't forget that's when the ball is played, so the point of debate is whether Liverpool regain possession with Finnen Gerard, oh, and Cece was coming in there, oh, what has. Gibraltar pulls a goal back for Liverpool and what a cup final we have here now well what about this absolutely brilliant pass from John? Scaloni's fantastic technique seems criticized all season for the waste of his chances and the number of opportunities he has to score, but this is a brilliant goal from him I'll tell you what score if she says she's on her side there and then turns away crouched he was on his side before absolutely that was another borderline decision look at anton ferdinand he thinks he's out, I think what's wrong with that John is that the ball has gone too long The way it traveled up, you know, 30 40 yards, well, three goals in the first 32 minutes of the cup final, Ashton again and still Dean Ashton was not good, he did brilliantly, you know, because when he broke into Ashton's right side, it was like it was . to make a pass and I think right there and I think Liverpool expected that and it wasn't too far from Rainer's goal.

I think they were waiting for the pass. They didn't run waiting for the shot. Just a reminder that Europe is calling. Both clubs next season Liverpool in the Champions League again West Ham in the UEFA Cup by virtue of being FA Cup finalists because regardless of how the result goes today, Liverpool already has its place in the books of Europe, So West Ham can relax knowing that they have the UEFA Cup to play for next season, they won't have it on their mind at the moment because here are Ashton and Everington running the other way. Oh, and Marlon Hayward should have made it 3-1.

You better know he can't block Rainer well, two exceptional saves, John, I think he always talked in football games about key moments, the start of the second half, West Ham, two goals to one, how key could those be? stops. I would say two chances. there for west ham to take the score to 3-1 in the first seconds of the second half one of them fell to benner yoon here, i thought it would be better, but we will see it again, this is the opportunity, it is a great ball from everington top save that's john no matter what you save him with and here too try to stay big as a goalkeeper and make some amends thought it was 3-1 thought it was cooked and everything was far away right?, there's laughter again , crouching and dying taking their positions, you will receive a free kick there, well, that's what you played for, right?

I think he tricked nigel real coker into doing that, he gave him the challenge and just that little tug on the arm i think he goes down very easily laugh but you don't pull someone back by the arm they don't go down reese has shorted it to

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can't leave room for the shot this is alonso two players from the far post here comes gerard it's 2-2 it's stephen from Liverpool what game we have here they have been coming down the hill since June and this is a spectacular shot they overloaded Liverpool's far post and When it got to Gerard what a goal Mark Lawrence, that was excellent, wasn't he first?

John Liverpool Mesa got a little scared on a free throw and when the ball was played and he was ducking with a downward header, I think he was actually meant for the rim here and then. it came to gerard and it's a fantastic shot, but it turns into a cheap foul awarded by nigel real coco, isn't that a very cheap foul? and it could be costly and now ashton forces the corner, restarts ashton in the third six yard area and then he approaches the post and Liverpool have a break on the left side, they have a man on them, it's Alonso with Cece outside and he passed the pass well, it was a waste but well done danny gabby donny, he read exactly where the ball was going to go and he knew he had to accept the challenge otherwise cece would have been lost with his pace now.

I think if you're West Ham, you look, you're looking at Ashton, you're looking at Everington, there's not a lot of training in the last week ten days I'll give you two weeks and so 60 slowly approached 65 minutes and I say it might be time to a change for them here is everington actually bobby zamora is doing the exercises this is benny yoon now konchesky picking him up from everington ashton's downtown so in his head would you believe it? the left back scored an impossible goal in the cup final and west ham were once again in the lead extraordinary 25 years on monday paul koncheski well, don't let anyone convince you otherwise, john, this is a cross, there is no danger in that, it's a cross at the far post and it's only his second goal for them, but it comes in the fa cup final.

He completely fools Rainer, the ball, well, they couldn't have placed it better, but he. Definitely didn't mean to, but West Ham are back in front, Carragher Racer Benner, you did well, he's got Ashton on the other side, he's got two others approaching on his right, this is Ashton, it's Everington on the other side, can you remove it? can but there is no one to deliver him heroin will rescue him here two of them working the ball oh he is on the side hairwood ashton is waiting so it has been eun yes well done alonso but the original ball you know from everington ben ayoon stopped if he continued forward would have had a great chance to make it 4-2 meanwhile here is suzuka and that breaks down the road go to west ham again this is scaloni hairwood to rio coco free kick hippie restart the other side is fine gerard again everything is going through him harmon can work fit again crom camp off him danny gabadon clears again only until gerard now harman in teresa well there has to be some hit from there to beat chaka hislop in the middle of the goal also shisha yeah You're right, Rio Coker is looking at where Gerard is all the time, this is laughable, although Morientes waiting for a diagonal ball, there is a header that is difficult to score from there, the way the ball entered him, I'm not saying it was a bad cross from Cece either, but he is almost behind morientes, you have to try to direct him back to the target, now sir and erickson up there in the stands, if he is still here, we will be looking anxiously at this gerard, is the concern, well, I hope you enjoyed this at home .

As much as we enjoyed it, it's one of the best cup finals I've ever been involved in here's the morientes chrome camp, it's not over yet, scaloni with cece need to win it again and again, of course, it's saying, Sure, but I see. there's a flat, oh, that's very sporting of Scaloni to put the ball there when he saw that Cece was injured, yes, but it's smart, you know, because Liverpool have to return the ball, yes, of course, the convention and meanwhile, the clock is ticking. we're going to 90 and we're just waiting to see what was filled oh it was returned it wasn't a very good clearance from the scholar and he filled the fourth official has the board reese's cross four minutes he has it oh stephen jarrod just when he looked injured and out of the game, tied for Liverpool with 90 minutes gone, 3-3 in surely the best cup final of modern times, you know what?

When the ball came to him, I think he thought he was going to hit this because You know I can't run with him, I can't really make the

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range of passes, the ball is played and Reese's cross comes and he just says: I'm going to hit it no matter what goal it is, this is Shaka. Hislop crouched to his right but couldn't get close, the 90 minutes were up when this happened they were just announcing four minutes of stoppage time and that flies into the corner steven

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's second of the game it's like there was another one again for Liverpool ha back to 3-3 here is the hippia now so West Ham have to be scared, but Sharingan received a foul, it was a high foot by Hooper on Sharingan, surely we are not going to get another goal, are we in the normal period?

Harman then it will be a question of who has the bowlers for extra time, won't Sheringham still be time for Teddy to write his name in the record books because that is the end of the normal period and West Ham must feel as if the cup? was stolen from their lips, they were leading 3-2 in four-minute extra time and then along comes Steven Gerrard and that arrow in the corner, one of the great goals of the cup final, I think you could say, and it certainly stole what looked like glory well it's a Liverpool corner here now Gerard is crossing to take it Krom's camp has gone up the other side with Hoopie well behind for West Ham everyone isback actually this is John Arno's research oh for In a split second I just looked at Shaka Hislop and thought I saw him thinking this might show up and he wouldn't be there.

He was close, wasn't he? We probably won't be able to see the thing move from him, oh almost. It's another impressive coup, isn't it? Yes it certainly is. He fouled Daley's bloody Liverpool, he was cleverly invited to commit the foul, he didn't really want to commit it too and he just made sure Danny made contact with Gerard and I think this is laughable territory, yes, That's the offensive and Gerard watches. for sammy hippia on the other side this is harewood hippia wins he does well with the turn and shoot oh sammy hippia you're not supposed to do that if you're central i think you beat two players with the turn certainly and i'm not sure what so close was the end of the shot, but it was good play on his part.

I think Hisoka gets the ball back. Good strength of play and the rim wasn't that bad. It was a little ball from Deep Marham and Deceisa Crom. on the other side the past of the beach looking for sizoko against konchesky sizoko wins morientes there are three who detected the danger and reacted to the danger they still sing bubbles and this is ryokoka to zamora how many players can risk forward only teddy showing him waiting is a free kick awarded now for harman on the other side yellow card harman a chance maybe even now for west ham to get it now who did marlon hairwood put in there christian daly teddy is showing him of course oh someone's lost it's the post over there he was visited I don't think he got that wide the thing is john we can't criticize howard he can't even walk it's a headbutt there queen leans towards the post but look at him hair yes he can't even lift his leg the boy is injured yes, It was a great chance but it was almost impossible for him and the situation is such, you would have to say it's a brilliant save from Rainer, yes, but I mean the post, how close can you get to winning the cup?

They are penalties for the second year in a row and possibly the best cup final in modern times will be decided in a penalty shootout. rafael benítez needs to get out a pencil and paper and decide who takes the shots. Also, Alan Pardew, the entire stadium reverberates with applause. It's Liverpool three, West Ham three after extra time as Dietmar Harman collects the ball, as I say, he scored in Istanbul and Liverpool have won eight of nine penalty shoot-outs, but it's in the West Ham End, if that helps advantage, they will do the best they can.

To ward off Harman, well taken, the fool went the right way, but Harman's shot was accurate. The man who scored the last goal at Wembley opens the penalty shootout at Cardiff. Yes, Zamora tried to make it 1-1 for West Ham. saved Liverpool by leading one to zero. This is a brilliant word, it is also low to the right of the goalkeeper and Mark has bet, he is a great wise man in that brilliant one. When Rainer was in Spain, Valencia had a reputation for saving penalties more than any other Spanish goalkeeper and he confirmed it there.

Sammy Hippia steps forward to Liverpool could put them two nil up in the penalty shootout and now this is what led to the save, so if West Ham score from the second everything will be settled now Gary quite rightly said that Teddy Sharingan missed a penalty on last Sunday at Upton Park. I was there Robinson saved him but he's not avoiding the problem here he's up there now so Sharon scores 1-1 after two penalties the experience of each one went into that one it wasn't weighted concentrated he didn't change his mind excellent penalty I thought it was Obviously , a good save for his luck from the lupious penalty takers was poor, wasn't it?

Then Steven Gerrard scores comfortably for Alan as he writes the score on a red card. Would you believe it's 2-1? But obviously West Ham have their third to take with Konchesky the man who thought he had won the cup when he made it 3-2 keep your left foot strong oh it's a

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penalty it's a poor penalty Liverpool are 2-1 up with three penalties taken and if laughter can put them 3-1 up. West Ham are really against it and that is the third time today that Rainer has made a save with his feet. John made that double serve at the beginning of the second half that seemed so long ago and that one he said with his right foot, I think John Arno Reese's shot in Istanbul was saved.

Alan Pardew hopes Shaka Hislock can save this one but he can't in the middle now, so it's 3-1 Liverpool and Liverpool would have to, West Ham. would have to score both and Liverpool would have to miss to extend this. Anton Ferdinand has a goal to keep West Ham in the competition if he doesn't score with this. Liverpool won the cup. Liverpool won the FA Cup for the seventh time. they won the first final here in Cardiff in 2001 and they won what could be the last final in Cardiff in

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on penalties and West Ham completely fell apart on penalties but Rainer was the real star there and Liverpool extended his incredible record. in the penalty shootout champions league fa cup it doesn't really matter, they are celebrating mark lawrence pepper reign is safe 75 from penalties but i have to say john, his first save from bobby zamora was absolutely brilliant and that set the standard in terms of actually making the saves this is the only one last year rainer this year it all comes down to the mental battle of the goalkeeper with the striker and you should never testify to the penalty takers because they actually have to take them, it's the pressure and it's very , very difficult to do well.

There are so many elements to this cup final that we will talk about for weeks, but the fact is that they are gone because Rainer saved Fernando.