Chelsea come from behind to win FA Cup

In what was not the most thrilling FA Cup final, Chelsea has come from being down a goal in the first minute to win the cup with a 2-1 victory over Everton.

Everton had a dream start as Louis Saha hit the back of the net after just 25 seconds to claim the fastest goal in FA Cup final history. The goal came from nothing as a poor headed clearance was then headed to Saha by Marouane Fellaini who struck a powerful left foot shot from just inside the penalty box.

For Everton they never really did much after this early goal.

Chelsea hit back in the 20th minute when Didier Drogba headed into the Everton goal. The goal came from poor defending as Drogba made a run surrounded by five Everton players. They all watched the ball instead of someone taking the man and Drogba easily got to the ball to score from the Malouda cross.

Chelsea were the team everyone expected to win and coach Guss Hiddink had to win to see his stint at Chelsea called a success.

On 66 minutes Saha almost gave Everton the lead as he headed just over the crossbar. That was perhaps their best chance.

Frank Lampard stepped up to be the hero for Chelsea. He broke the deadlock in the 71st minute scoring from a long range shot. He slipped but then recovered to unleash a left foot shot from well outside the penalty box. Howard could only get to it with his fingertips before it went in.

Chelseas perhaps should have had two more goals. A shot hit the crossbar and then was ruled not to have gone in, however replays showed otherwise. Also there was a penalty appeal that did not go their way.

So in the end Hiddink can leave Chelsea with at least one trophy. The Champions League title would have meant more but as we all know they had that opportunity snatched away from Barcelona.

Now we can look ahead to World Cup qualifiers.

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