2006 FA Cup Final

The 2006 FA Cup Final was the final and deciding match of the FA Cup 2005-06. It took place on Saturday, 13 May 2006 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff and saw the 2001 cup winners Liverpool beat London club West Ham United after a penalty shoot-out. West Ham were ahead 2-0 and then 3-2 but Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard scored a goal in the last minute from 30-yards + to take the game to extra-time and they eventually triumphed on penalties. It is considered by most who watched to be one of the greatest Cup Finals in the history of the tournament.
===Match details===
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"	LIVERPOOL : 	LIVERPOOL : 	LIVERPOOL : 	LIVERPOOL :
 	 	 	 	
GK 	25 	José Manuel Reina 	 	
RB 	3 	Steve Finnan 	 	
CB 	23 	Jamie Carragher 	 	
CB 	4 	Sami Hyypiä 	 	
LB 	6 	John Arne Riise 	 	
RM 	8 	Steven Gerrard 	 	
CM 	14 	Xabi Alonso 	 	
CM 	22 	Mohamed Sissoko 	 	
LM 	7 	Harry Kewell 	 	
CF 	9 	Djibril Cissé 	 	
CF 	15 	Peter Crouch 	 	
Substitutes: 	Substitutes: 	Substitutes: 	Substitutes: 	
GK 	1 	Jerzy Dudek 	 	
DF 	2 	Jan Kromkamp 	 	
DF 	21 	Djimi Traoré 	 	
MF 	16 	Dietmar Hamann 	 	
FW 	19 	Fernando Morientes	 	
Manager: 	Manager: 	Manager: 	Manager: 	
Rafael Benítez	Rafael Benítez	Rafael Benítez 	Rafael Benítez	
MATCH OFFICIALS
*Assistant referees:
**Ceri Richards (Carmarthenshire)
**Darren Cann (Norfolk)
*Fourth official: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)	
MATCH RULES
*90 minutes.
*30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
*Penalty shootout if scores still level.
*Five named substitutes
*Maximum of 3 substitutions.
==Road to Cardiff==
Liverpool 	Liverpool 	Liverpool 	Round 	West Ham United 	West Ham United 	West Ham United
Luton Town [C]A5–3 	Gerrard 16Sinama Pongolle 62, 74 Alonso 69, 90 	Round Three	Round Three	Norwich City [C]A2–1 	Mullins 6Zamora 57 	
Portsmouth [P]A2–1 	Gerrard 37 (p)Riise 41 	Round Four 	Round Four 	Blackburn Rovers [P]H4–2 	Sheringham 33 (p)Etherington 37Khizanishvili 59 (og)Zamora 73	
Manchester United [P]H1–0 	Crouch 19 	Round Five 	Round Five 	Bolton Wanderers [P]A0–0 	- 	
Manchester United [P]H1–0 	Crouch 19 	Replay 	Replay 	Bolton Wanderers [P]H2–1 aet 	Jääskeläinen 10 (og)Harewood 96 	
Birmingham City [P]A7–0 	Hyypiä 1Crouch 5, 38Morientes 59Riise 70Tebily 77 (og)Cissé 89	Round Six 	Round Six 	Manchester City [P]A2–1 	Ashton 41, 69 	
Chelsea [P]Old Trafford, Manchester2–1	Riise 21Luis García 53 	Semi-finals	Semi-finals	Middlesbrough [P]Villa Park, Birmingham1–0	Harewood 78 	
* Both clubs received a bye to round three.
* In square brackets is a letter that represents the opposition's division
** [C] = Championship
** [P] = Premier League
==See also==
*FA Cup Final for a list of previous FA Cup Final results.
==External links and references==
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