Liverpool's domestic cup double is due to the entire squad playing their part.
That is the opinion of manager Jürgen Klopp, who heaped praise on his players this week.
The German was speaking after the Reds' FA Cup final win on penalties against Chelsea at Wembley over the weekend.
Liverpool have also won the Carabao Cup this season.
"That we sit here and we [have] won two cup competitions, there is one reason for it - only one - and that's that we have this group of players out there," said Klopp to reporters.
"That's the reason: that they all stayed on track, that they stayed in line and were outstanding in training. Whoever was involved in the squad or not, come on or didn't come on, and all these kind of things, the atmosphere this group created is absolutely exceptional, absolutely exceptional, and that's why we won these two competitions.
"We cannot go for all the things we fight for, that you go to the final, and play always the same 11 players. It's really not possible.
"Everybody has his part. We've only now had the discussion about [it] and can [I] order here publicly more medals from the FA? I cannot believe the amount of medals is restricted. Why would you do that? We've realised now [because] we want to give medals to all the players... OK, so then the coaches cannot have [one]. What? It is really a bit tough, so dear FA, please send some more medals. It is not a good idea with the squads getting bigger but the numbers stay the same, so do that.
"It's really important the boys did what they did. I never felt that comfortable doing the many changes that we've done in the past, never; it's not that I didn't want to do it, I trust the boys but are the boys ready to trust themselves? That's then the question. Do the boys look left and right and think, 'Wow, we've never played together... how will that work?' But they played very often together because in training in the periods we have time, they have these moments where they played together.
"The one thing I think the most in the minus one or minus two session when we can go 11 v 11 is 'Thank God we don't play these guys tomorrow!' That's the way we showed up in the competitions. Now for tomorrow [at Southampton] we will see.
"The 120 minutes [against Chelsea], we just have to make sure we are not getting nuts with [it], trying it again, forcing it again, in the end it will be a top team. Southampton will try to beat us and we will try to beat them as well and then we will see."
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