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2. LIVERPOOL 3-3 WEST HAM (LIVERPOOL WIN 3-1 ON PENALTIES)
SCENE: WEMBLEY, FA CUP FINAL 2006
Steven Gerrard, the Liverpool captain, lifts the trophy after the FA Cup Final match between Liverpool and West Ham United at the Millennium Stadium on May 13, 2006 in Cardiff, Wales. (Photo by Ben Radford/Getty Images)
In a eerie resemblance to the legendary UCL finals, Liverpool pulled off yet another stunning comeback to draw 3-3 with West Ham in normal time before eventually prevailing in the penalty shoot-out. And all because of Liverpool’s Captain Fantastic.
West Ham started the game brightly, taking a 2-0 lead within 28 minutes, an own-goal from Jamie Carragher and a tap-in from Dean Ashton put the Londoners in the driving seat. Cisse pulled one back, before Gerrard made it 2-2 with a fierce shot from Cisse’s lay-off. But West Ham regained the lead through a freakish cross from Paul Konchesky, whose intended cross to the far post managed to evade Reina and find the goal. But Gerrard did not admit defeat so easily and unleashed a 35-yard screamer in the dying moments of the match which ranks as the mother of all Cup final goals.
Understandably motivated by the stunner, Liverpool then dominated the extra 30 minutes before defeating the Hammers 3-1 in penalties, where Gerrard converted his penalty.
