{"id":6580,"date":"2026-05-09T20:50:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T20:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=6580"},"modified":"2026-05-09T20:50:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T20:50:21","slug":"chelsea-just-improved-their-fa-cup-final-team-with-events-at-anfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=6580","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea just improved their FA Cup final team with events at Anfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Levi Colwill played a full 90 minutes for Chelsea today, which puts him in perfect position to start the FA Cup final next weekend.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea\u2019s 1-1 draw at Anfield was a pretty creditable result for the Blues.<\/p>\n<p>This Liverpool team aren\u2019t very good, and are very low on confidence. But after 6 defeats in a row, you can\u2019t turn your nose up at a draw at Anfield.<\/p>\n<p>The big positive from the game wasn\u2019t the result, it was the fact that Levi Colwill started and played the full 90 minutes.<\/p>\n<h2>Colwill primes himself for FA Cup final<\/h2>\n<p>Before the game we said we were a little worried that there was a risk being taken with Colwill, given he played 45 minutes on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>When he had his hands on his knees before half time, and limped around for a period in the second, we thought our worst fears were coming true. We certainly didn\u2019t think he\u2019d be seeing the full time whistle.<\/p>\n<p>But against all odds he came through it all, and should now be fit and ready to start in the FA Cup final against Man City next weekend.<\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>There is some debate about Enzo Fernandez\u2019s goal and whether he will be awarded it \u2013 if he is, he breaks the Premier League scoring record of a few fan favourites.<\/p>\n<p>The equaliser came in a period where Chelsea were really strong, and they will be gutted they didn\u2019t add more at that point.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SPTC Podcast: Chelsea Reporter Lloyd Canfield joins the show!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7UP6ox8d4pk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"more-stories std-mgn-b\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<header class=\"col-s-12 std-mgn-t\">More Stories about <span class=\"topic\">Levi Colwill<\/span><\/header>\n<div class=\"post-container col-s-4\">\n<p>\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"img-cntr\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" 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