No one to be blamed for our loss to Liverpool: Chelsea captain speaks

Chelsea skipper Cesar Azpilicueta saw his effort in the penalty shoot-out against Liverpool in the FA Cup hit the post and go wide.

Another Chelsea player Mason Mount saw his shot saved by Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker, which gave Kostas Tsimikas to score the decisive penalty for the Reds to emerge the winner.

While revealing that the loss brings additional pain to himself and Mount, Azpilicueta insisted there was no blame placed on the 23-year-old, reiterating responsibility is shared and that they win as a team and lose as a team, while predicting his younger team-mate will have plenty more opportunities to lift trophies at Wembley in the future.

‘I missed my penalty as well so it’s not Mason. We are all together here. When we make the list, we all feel confident that we want to shoot. This time it happens and I’m sure Mason will have a lot more times, he’s still a young player.

‘It’s part of football. It’s true that sometimes it looks painful, but of course we are the first ones who are hurt. We want to do our best, we want to score the penalty, we want to make our fans happy. Unfortunately it didn’t happen and we have to put our heads up and go for the next one.’