Good afternoon and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s live coverage of the FA Cup final! Liverpool are seeking a Cup double, while Chelsea boss Roberto Di Matteo is looking for his first piece of silverware as the manager of the club at Wembley Stadium today.

Liverpool have kept just one clean sheet in their last eight FA Cup final appearances (2-0 v Sunderland in 1992).

Bellamy almost capitalises on a loose ball in the Chelsea box as Ivanovic fails to clear, but the Welshman's shot is blocked away!

Mata feels as though he is tripped by Spearing as he goes down inside the Liverpool half, but referee Dowd waves play on.

The Chelsea fans are in full voice as Ramires puts their side in front, and that was a very well taken goal from the midfielder. Liverpool are stunned.

GOAL! Mata feeds Ramires out on the right, and he brushes past Enrique with alarming ease before firing past Reina at his near post - poor from Liverpool, and Chelsea are in front!

Chelsea have only lost one of their last 33 FA Cup matches (excluding penalty shootout defeats).

Ramires keeps the ball in midfield along with Mikel as Chelsea continue to dictate the early play, but Drogba then loses the ball to Skrtel before Gerrard blasts the ball out of play.

Chelsea settle the game down with a prolonged period of possession in their own half, and Liverpool are seemingly happy to let them keep the ball at the back.

Only three teams have previously won the League Cup and FA Cup in the same season: Arsenal in 92/93, Liverpool in 00/01 and Chelsea in 06/07. Liverpool could become the first team to achieve two FA/League Cup doubles, after they won both cups in 2000/01.

Enrique brings the ball down the right, but he is well marshalled by Bosingwa and has to turn back towards his own goal and find Agger.

Agger finds Gerrard, who skips past Drogba and is tripped up by the forward as he wins a free kick for the Reds on halfway.

Mata bursts down the left, but Skrtel does well to slide in and make a firm challenge, turning the ball out of play. The atmosphere, it has to be said, is superb.

STAT: On all three occasions Liverpool had beaten Everton in an FA Cup semi-final before this season, the Reds went on to lose the final.

Mikel wins a towering header in midfield, but Spearing really didn't have a chance there. Chelsea keep the ball for the majority of the opening two minutes.

The first half is underway at Wembley Stadium, and Chelsea immediately stroke the ball around at the back before Didier Drogba shoots wildly over the crossbar! Why not?!

The referee for this afternoon's clash is Phil Dowd. We're ready for kick-off...

England legend Jimmy Armfield is introduced to the two sides, with Liverpool still in their tracksuits and Chelsea ready to play as the national anthem is belted out...

The traditional hymn 'Abide with me' is sung at Wembley in a rather haunting, yet beautiful, fashion. The flags and scarves are out in force around the stadium, and finally - FINALLY - the players emerge from the tunnel! We're all set...

What do you think the scoreline will be this afternoon and who are you backing to get on the scoresheet? This is how the satchel swingers go: Liverpool 2/1, Chelsea 7/5, Draw 9/4.

STAT: Chelsea are in the FA Cup final for the fourth time out of a possible six at the new Wembley. They won all previous three.

Roberto Di Matteo: "My players have given everything. We've been asking them to push and push and push and they've done well. We'll regroup and pick them up. We've got a big game, a great final, and we'll go again. We'll look forward to the FA Cup final. It's a great event and the motivation is going to be there."