Didier scored Chelsea's all important second goal to give them a 2-0 lead.
CHELSEA 2:1 LIVERPOOL (1:0). ( Ramires 11 min, Drogba 52 min,
Carroll 64 min). Saturday May 5th. 2012. Wembley Stadium. Att. 89,102.
CHELSEA.
1. Petr Čech (GK) , 17. José Bosingwa, 2. Branislav Ivanović, 26. John Terry (Captain) , 3. Ashley Cole,
12.
John Obi Mikel, 8. Frank Lampard, 7. Ramires (16. Raul Meireles 75
min.), 10. Juan Mata (15. Florent Malouda 90 min.),
21. Salomon Kalou,
11. Didier Drogba.
LIVERPOOL.
25.
Pepe Reina, 2. Glen Johnson, 37. Martin Škrtel, 5. Daniel Agger, 3.
José Enrique, 14. Jordan Henderson,
20. Jay Spearing (9. Andy Carroll
54 min)
39. Craig Bellamy (18. Dirk Kuyt 76 min), 8. Steven Gerrard (c), 19. Stewart Downing, 7. Luis Suárez.
The pictures above show Didier Drogba during the 2010 F.A. Cup final
against Portsmouth at Wembley.
Chelsea won the match 1-0 courtesy of
Drogba's goal in the 59th minute and the powerful striker can be
seen
celebrating the moment in the centre photo above. The victory rounded
off a truly memorable season
for the Blues who won the 'double' of
League title and F.A. Cup for the first time in the club's history.
Photograph George Herringshaw. ©
CHELSEA 1-0 PORTSMOUTH (0-0) (15.05.10, Wembley, Att: 88, 335)
Chelsea: Petr Cech, Branislav Ivanovic, Alex, John Terry, Ashley Cole, Michael Ballack (Juliano Belletti 44), Frank Lampard,
Florent Malouda, Nicolas Anelka (Daniel Sturridge 90), Didier Drogba, Salomon Kalou (Joe Cole 71).
Portsmouth: David James, Steve Finnan, Ricardo Rocha, Aaron Mokoena, Hayden Mullins (Nadir Belhadj 81),
Michael Brown, Papa Bouba Diop (Nwankwo Kanu 81), Kevin-Prince Boateng (John Utaka 73), Jamie O'Hara, Aruna Dindane, Frederic Piquionne
Goals: 1-0 Drogba (59)
Referee: Chris Foy
The inset photo above shows a delighted Didier Drogba celebrating
with team-mates Florent Malouda,
John Terry and Frank Lampard after
Chelsea's victory in the 2009 F.A. Cup final. Chelsea had suffered
the
shock of going 1-0 down in the very first minute of the match but fought
back to win 2-1 thanks
to goals from Drogba and Lampard. Photos George Herringshaw. ©
CHELSEA 2-1 EVERTON (1-1) (30.05.09, Wembley Stadium, Att: 89, 391)
Chelsea: Peter Cech, Jose Bosingwa, Alex, John Terry, Ashley Cole, Michael Essien (Michael Ballack 61), John Obi Mikel,
Frank Lampard, Nicolas Anelka, Didier Drogba, Florent Malouda
Everton: Tim Howard, Tony Hibbert (Lars Jacobsen 46), Joseph Yobo, Joleon Lescott, Leighton Baines,
Leon Osman (Dan Gosling 82), Phil Neville, Steven Pienaar, Tim Cahill, Marouane Fellaini, Louis Saha (James Vaughan 77)
Goals: 0-1 Saha (1), 1-1 Drogba (21), 2-1 Lampard (72)
Referee: Howard Webb.
The main pictures above show Didier Drogba scoring the only goal of the
game during the 2007 FA Cup final
against Manchester United in what was
the first FA Cup final to be played at the new Wembley Stadium.
The
other photos are also from the game. Chelsea had also won the last FA
Cup final to be played at the
old Wembley, beating Aston Villa 1-0 back
in 2000.
CHELSEA 1:0 MANCHESTER UNITED (0:0) a.e.t. Drogba (116)
(19.05.07, Wembley Stadium, London - 89, 826)
.
Chelsea: Petr Cech, Paulo Ferreira, Michael Essien, John Terry, Wayne Bridge, Claude Makelele, John Obi Mikel,
Frank Lampard, Shaun Wright-Phillips (Salomon Kalou 93), Joe Cole (Arjen Robben 46, Ashley Cole 108), Didier Drogba
.
Manchester United: Edwin Van der Sar, Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Gabriel Heinze,
Michael Carrick (John O'Shea 112), Darren Fletcher (Alan Smith 92), Paul Scholes, Cristiano Ronaldo,
Ryan Giggs (Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 112), Wayne Rooney
.
Referee - Steve Bennett