‘They have more quality off the bench’ – Roy Keane finally reveals his winner for Chelsea vs Liverpool FA Cup final
It’s going to be a massive encounter between two teams that have played three times this season without beating each other in regular play.
However, Chelsea and Liverpool will battle it out in the FA Cup final at the Wembley Stadium on April 14th.
In the Carabao Cup final two months ago, it was Liverpool who won the tie but only on penalties, after 120 minutes of thrilling action without a goal.
Liverpool seems to be the most in-form English team at the moment, and they recently knocked out Manchester City out of the FA Cup.
Manchester United legend Roy Keane has rated Liverpool’s squad as the strongest in England.
Keane told ITV: “I think Liverpool’s squad is stronger now [than Man City’s]. I think so. More quality off the bench, particularly their attacking players.”
“I know they’ve got the momentum at the moment and City are still quality.
“But in terms of the strength in depth. I think we saw that yesterday. Obviously they had to make one or two more changes because of the midweek game. But I think their squad is better, Liverpool.”
On Chelsea’s chances in the FA Cup final, Keane added: “If any team’s going to beat Liverpool this season it’ll have to be some effort. The feel good factor, the quality of the players. They look sharp, they look strong, great squad, great manager, they’ll take a lot of stopping.”
It was suggested to the Irishman that Chelsea has as well has a quality squad, but Keane was not having it, as he said: “Not as sharp or as strong or Liverpool.”
Roy Keane has gone for the popular option and has picked Liverpool as his favourites to win the FA Cup this season.