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From the moment Dan Burn powered his team into the lead by beating Alexis Mac Allister in the air from a corner, the result only felt like it was going one way.
Substitute Federico Chiesa did offer a glimmer of hope by scoring late on in stoppage time — after what should have been a straightforward VAR check took an age — but had Liverpool found a way to squeeze another goal over the line to somehow force extra-time, it would have been unjust.
Federico Chiesa has struggled for game time since arriving at Liverpool.
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Picking an unproven Chiesa ahead of either would, until the last fortnight, have been madness.
There is a balance to be found — has Chiesa played so few minutes because he has been poor, or has he been so poor because he has no rhythm from playing so few games
Will Chiesa have to move on as well, though, or can he still show what he did at Wembley for Liverpool more often