Andy Carroll's late header sent Liverpool through to the FA Cup Final as they came from behind to beat our boys Everton at Wembley 2-1 on Saturday.NIKICA JELAVIC took advantage of a mix-up between Jamie Carragher and Daniel Agger to give Everton the lead midway through the first half - but an Everton defensive error just after the hour gave the Reds a route back to their second major Wembley final this season.
Sylvain Distin's backpass never carried the weight to reach Everton keeper Tim Howard and Luis Suarez was only too happy to take advantage to race through and score.
And with three minutes left Carroll - who had missed the easiest of chances early in the second half - glanced substitute Craig Bellamy's free-kick past Howard to give Liverpool the chance to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup they won on penalties against Cardiff.
David Moyes: "It was a good opportunity to get to the final and when it goes like that you feel sorry for them all. As you can imagine we are not full of the joys but we now need to focus on the rest of the season, I'm just really disappointed we are not able to give the supporters a final because they were fantastic and when you lose to your local rivals it is even harder to take."
Everton: Howard, Baines (Anichebe), Heitinga, Distin, Neville, Gibson, Cahill, Osman, Fellaini,
Jelavic, Gueye (Coleman),
Substitutes: Hahnemann, Hibbert, Jagielka, Coleman, Stracqualursi, McFadden, Anichebe.
Attendance: 87, 321
We now switch our allegiances across Stanley Park to Liverpool, who play Chelsea in the FA Cup Final.
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