Kiwomya the hero as Chelsea beat Liverpool in FA Youth Cup semi-final first leg

Chelsea’s youngsters will fancy their chances of reaching the FA Youth Cup final after Alex Kiwomya scored late goals to give them a 2-0 victory against Liverpool in the semi-final first leg at Anfield.

Kiwomya struck with two minutes remaining and then again in injury time to put his team in a commanding position going into next week’s second leg at Stamford Bridge.

He collected the loose ball after skipper Lewis Baker’s shot took a deflection and fired home from 10 yards.

And Liverpool were undone again when Jeremie Boga burst across from the left and found Kiwomya, who drilled into the far corner of the net.

The game came to life in the second half, with both teams hitting the woodwork before the deadlock was eventually broken.

Chelsea full-back Ola Aina saw an effort shave the near post before the Blues went agonisingly close following great work from substitute John Swift.

Islam Feruz latched on to Swift’s clever pass and fired against the post, with keeper Ryan Fulton keeping out Ruben Loftus-Cheek’s follow-up.

Fulton also saved well to deny Kiwomya and at the other end, Kristoffer Peterson’s shot was pushed on to the post by keeper Mitchell Beeney.

It proved to be an important save as the home side then faded and Kimomya showed his potential with a couple of fine finishes.

The winners of the tie will face Norwich or Nottingham Forest in the final.

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