Roy Keane has backed Liverpool to win this season's FA Cup.
Jurgen Klopp's side defeated rivals Manchester City 3-2 in their semi-final at Wembley on Saturday. The Reds will now face Chelsea in the showpiece event on May 14 after Thomas Tuchel's side eased to a 2-0 victory against Crystal Palace on Sunday.
Liverpool are aiming to become the first English club in history to win the quadruple.
They've already lifted the EFL Cup - ironically beating Chelsea in February's final - and have also reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, where they take on Villarreal. In terms of the Premier League, they're currently one point behind leaders City.
And former Manchester United captain Keane believes Liverpool's momentum - as well as their sharpness and strength - will help them get over the line in the FA Cup. "I think Liverpool’s squad is stronger now [than City's]," Keane told ITV Sport.
"More quality off the bench, particularly their attacking players. I know they’ve got the momentum at the moment and City are still quality. But in terms of the strength in depth. I think we saw that yesterday. Obviously they had to make one or two more changes because of the midweek game. But I think their squad is better, Liverpool."
On Liverpool's chances of winning the FA Cup, Keane added: "If any team’s going to beat Liverpool this season it’ll have to be some effort. The feel good factor, the quality of the players. They look sharp, they look strong, great squad, great manager, they’ll take a lot of stopping... [Chelsea are] not as sharp or as strong as Liverpool."
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Man Utd came closest to winning the quadruple in 1998-99, when they lifted the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup to win the treble. No English team has managed to replicate that achievement since.
Celtic are the only European team in history to win the quadruple, winning the Scottish First Division, Cup, League Cup and European Cup in 1966-67. Other teams are ineligible to achieve the feat due to their domestic set-up not having a "league cup".
Most European nations have abolished the "league cup" - including Spain (existed 1982-1986), Germany (1997-2007) and France (1994-2020). The Portuguese League Cup remains in operation and was only founded in 2007.
Klopp was keen to dismiss talk about the quadruple on Saturday evening. "The quadruple talk I can’t believe it," he told reporters. "This win means we have another game and then we have to play Aston Villa in a midweek, they have to move one game again.
"I don’t think we have a full free week before the last matchday – it’s all difficult but who cares? We came here and we wanted to go through to the final.
"We knew about the problems but qualifying for this final makes the quadruple even more difficult - it’s the only way to do it but it makes it more difficult as well so it’s a strange situation. But we are over the moon, we beat the strongest football team in the world and that’s a pretty special moment."
