karlpejera: Chelsea v Liverpool

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19 min: Kalou's had some decent runs down the left and nearly plays Lampard in. "Reina was left exposed but really should have saved that," says Simon McMahon. "I note the link alongside the MBM in which he claims Chelsea have not 'delivered' for Fernando Torres. Delivered what exactly? An FA Cup winners medal? The Champions League? A hundred grand a month into his bank account? Sometimes modern footballers can be so stupid it's painful." In Reina's defence, he's trying to deliver Nando an FA Cup winner's medal.

17 min: Ramires tries a chip of his own ? he does have previous ? but Reina handles it on the second attempt. Not his finest game so far. "Whoever had 11:40 in the pool for the first time Suarez would absurdly
call for a hand ball wins," chortles JR in Illinois.

15 min: Liverpool have been roused by that goal. Suarez attempts to repeat his 45-yard lob against Norwich. It's a carbon copy but without the going anywhere near the goal bit.

13 min: Well, Liverpool have to attack now. We may have a game on our hands now. Mata surges clear and Gerrard brings him down but the ref waves play on. Bellamy's shot is then blocked brilliantly by Ivanovic. We do have a game on here.

GOAL!!! Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool (Ramires 10) Ramires scores another important goal. His finish isn't quite as sublime as in Barcelona. Spearing gives the ball away in midfield, he muscles past Enrique and shoots straight at Reina's legs ? they kindly usher the ball into the net.

10 min: Cech route-ones it into the stands as Chelsea go for the more straightforward approach. Enrique then tiki-takas it into the stands. So differing approaches with the same results so far.

7 min: It's Liverpool who are in control at the moment, happy to keep possession. To be fair, Chelsea coped with that fairly well against Barcelona. Kalou and Drogba nearly combine to create a shot on the edge of the area.

5 min: Cole stops Johnson's scrabble down the wing. And yes, Clive Tyldesley did just say that Graham Norton got inside Dider Drogba last night. Our double entendre count for the day is now filled. And that wasn't a double entendre.

3 min: My God, the sun is out at Wembley. The players are stunned at feeling the first warmth in two months. In defence of Downing by Chris Bannister. "What we also must not forget is that during the majority of Downing's time at the club, Boro, like Liverpool, were a mid-table side focussed on cup competitions. He's a perfect fit for the club. Just a few thoughts, now I'll put on my tin hat and await the inevitable barrage of derision from Liverpool fans."

1 min: We're off. Drogba attempts to do a Di Matteo with a shot from distance after 0.0004 seconds. It flies over.

5.12pm: Another lady in a nice dress sings the national anthem. The problem with having good singers doing the anthem is that no one else has the courage to join in for fear of humiliation. They should get an lager-addled fan to belt it out, mumbling the bits - 84% of the song - they don't know. On Twitter, people are saying Liverpool fans booed the anthem. Are they seceding?

5.11pm: "Any white suits at all?" asks Gary Naylor. The suits in the FA box are pretty much exclusively white and male, Gary.

5.09pm: "Anyone out there know of a Cup Final live feed," asks Mac Millings. "Doesn't have to be great. As a 40-year-old man of dubious virility, I'm used to having a weak stream." You could try our gallery. It may be 30 minutes behind the action and only be still images but it's a step up from reading this.

5.04pm: New Wembley may have been offensively expensive but it does create a very good noise (posh seats excepted). Fabrice Muamba is at the game and gets a huge round of applause. A lady in a nice dress is belting out Abide With Me.

5.02pm: Despite their victory against Torquay, Hereford have been relegated from League Two. Crawley were promoted. The League Two table is here.

5.00pm: You can see live pictures from today's game here*.

* Warning: gallery may contain comedy wigs and pictures of midtable indie bands.

4.54pm: Good omens for a thrilling game: the two sides played out a 3-2 barnstormer in the 2005 Carling Cup final as well as a 4-4 draw in the Champions League knockout stages in 2009.

Bad omens for a thrilling game: Stewart Downing.

4.44pm: "On ITV, Roy Keane is talking about Dalglish threatening to hunt him down when he backed out of a move to Blackburn," begins Phil Wren. "Kenny may have an icy cold stare but I think there's only be one one winner there."

4.34pm: By the way, it looks like Sheffield Wednesday are going up from League One. They're 2-0 up Wycombe - the latest table is here.

4.30pm: Steven Hughes has been listening to the radio: "Gerrard on 5 Live: 'It's been astonishing but no surprise to me'". Well, 33,698% is very high.

4.21pm: Wonga.com are sponsoring ESPN's coverage. It's a little known fact that Liverpool actually bought Andy Carroll for an extremely competitive 78p but took a loan out from wonga.com to cover the transfer and with the 33,698% APR ... Well, it's �35m before you can say fluffed header.

4.11pm: ESPN point out that if Liverpool win today, they'll have completed the domestic double. Well, it would be a domestic double but I take their point. If they do win today, it'll be a just about acceptable season ? a sign that the slump Liverpool and the FA Cup ? have experienced over the last few years. As for Chelsea, I think Roberto Di Matteo's future will be decided by the result of the month's other final rather than anything that happens today.

4.08pm: Team news, team news. Who wants some team news? Here you go, Torres is on the bench.

Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Terry, John Terry's baggage, Cole, John Terry's self-regard, Lampard, Mikel, Ramires, Mata, Kalou, Drogba.

Not too surprising line-up named by Kenny Dalglish. Downing starts for Liverpool, which means Carroll can't play in case they link up well together. Carragher also misses out and puts his hand over the TV cameras as he makes his pre-match walkabout.

Liverpool: Reina; Johnson, Skrtel, Agger, Jose Enrique; Spearing, Henderson; Downing, Gerrard, Bellamy; Suarez.

Tom Lutz