Liverpool v Chelsea
The FA Community Shield
3.00pm, Sunday 13 August 2006
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
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26 January 1997
Chelsea 4-2 Liverpool

Liverpool raced into an early two-goal lead, but thanks to goals from Hughes, Zola and a Vialli brace it was to be a Blue day.

Just hours to go until the big kick-off, and we have saved the best video action for last, with highlights from one of the truly memorable meetings between Liverpool and Chelsea in a pulsating FA Cup tie.

With Liverpool travelling south to Stamford Bridge in this Fourth Round tie nine years ago, expectations were high from two teams playing with absolute attacking intent.

No one quite expected what was to happen next however, with six incredible goals confirming this meeting amongst the classic FA Cup encounters of recent memory.

Who else but Robbie Fowler opened the scoring and when Stan Collymore doubled the advantage shortly after, it looked like mission impossible for Ruud Gullit and his team.

The Dutch master proved his tactical mettle with devastating effect, bringing on Mark Hughes with an immediate return. Sparky got Chelsea back into the game with a typically defiant strike, before the diminuitive Italian Gianfranco Zola scored one of the all-time great goals to level the scores.

It was the Blues' other Italian striker, Gianluca Vialli, who completed the victory with two cooly taken goals and send Chelsea through and on course to lift the trophy with victory over Middlesbrough.

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