Principal owner John W Henry and chairman Tom Werner returned to Boston before the 2-1 victory as they had to keep long standing promises to watch the Boston Red Sox.
However, there was an instant message of congratulation for the team as the dour mood which had led to director of football Damien Comolli’s dismissal 48 hours earlier was lifted.
Werner confirmed the senior board members would not be absent for next month’s final.
“The team showed a lot of character, and we dominated the second half,” said Werner.
“Suárez and Carroll’s goals were both brilliant, and Wembley will be a lovely place to visit in May.”
Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish had been under mounting pressure prior to kick-off, but Cup success — and his own period of self-assessment after a rough week — could make Saturday’s event a turning point of his reign, particularly if Liverpool end the season on a high.
Dalglish said he was willing to take all the flak for Liverpool’s league performance because he believed it would soon reach the same impressive level that has brought success in the Cup.
“You don’t like it but you don’t have to agree with it. You just have to get on with it,” said Dalglish about the criticism of his management.
“If it’s me that’s getting dog’s abuse then good because it takes the pressure off the players.
“I think my skin is a bit thicker than some of theirs. There are a lot of them here for the first time and in their first year.
"It is important for everybody to go through some bad bits to realize how good the good bits are. I have been there before and I suppose I will be there again at some stage.
“I have never said at any given time that we are the finished article and we still won’t say that night now. But what we will do is put every bit of knowledge we have got and every bit of commitment in to getting the football club moving in the right direction.
“There are no scapegoats for anything that has gone wrong. There is only a vision on how we are going to go forward.
“To go forward and be successful, sometimes you need to get battered along the way. We have got to be strong enough to stand up to that.
“We’ve got to be confident enough in our own beliefs and the people that are playing round about us. And the people who are supporting us have got to be strong enough in their beliefs of what we are doing to be correct and we will be OK.
“I think this football club is a fantastic example to anyone else who wants to have a football club. When there is a wee bit of mud flying about we stick together for each other.
"That’s the football club I used to know and it’s the football club I am getting back to knowing.”
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