Women's FA Cup: Aggie Beever-Jones hits stoppage-time winner as Chelsea down Liverpool to reach another final

ByOli Gent

Published 12/04/2025 at 18:04 GMT+1

Aggie Beever-Jones was the hero as her injury-time winner sent Chelsea into the Women's FA Cup final at Liverpool's expense. The Blues progressed 2-1 at Kingsmeadow, thanks to Erin Cuthbert's equaliser in first-half stoppage time to cancel out Olivia Smith's earlier opener for The Reds, whose defensive resilience was finally overcome as Beever-Jones popped up to send Chelsea to Wembley.

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Chelsea are into the Women's FA Cup final after a dramatic 2-1 win over Liverpool at Kingsmeadow.

Aggie Beever-Jones scored the winner in the fourth minute of added time - a towering header beyond the reach of Rachael Laws in the visiting net - to send Sonia Bompastor's side to Wembley.

Liverpool stunned the south-west London support as they took a first-half lead through Olivia Smith, who raced onto Marie Hobinger's defence-splitting ball to slot home into the far corner past Hannah Hampton, opening the scoring against the run of play.

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Interim manager Amber Whiteley's visitors were looking to reach the FA Cup final for the first time since 1996, and they had soaked up all of their hosts' pressure in the opening 45 minutes.

Then, Erin Cuthbert's looping effort found its way into the back of the net, via a glove from Laws to level the scores in first-half stoppage time.

Chelsea continued their forward momentum after the break, flooding the Liverpool half with bodies in search of that elusive second goal.

They hammered on the door before it finally opened in the 94th minute, with Beever-Jones rising highest to nod home Sandy Baltimore's cross and spark wild scenes of jubilation around Kingsmeadow.

Chelsea had been on a poor run of form by their standards over the last month, drawing away at Brighton & Hove Albion before losing their UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-final first leg against Manchester City.

They were held 2-2 by West Ham United in their last Women's Super League encounter, although they sit six points clear at the top of the league table.

They returned to winning ways here, and just in time for their visit to Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals.

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