Is Liverpool's Champions League stranglehold over Chelsea about to be broken?

Everyone said the 2nd leg on tuesday was going to be boring thanks to liverpools tactics, but that turned out to be quite the opposite! I'm hoping its going to be 180 minutes of thrilling football and theres every chance it could be, but if i was asked to stake my mortgage on it, i'd say there'll be less than 3 goals over the two legs. Benitez definately had a psycological edge over Mourinho, but with Grant leading the chelsea charge more than competently in Europe, it could be a difficult two games for Liverpool. Lets just hope it doesnt end up being decided by a Fat Frank deflection!

...or for that matter, let's hope it isn't decided by a penalty given because Ashley Cole coughs in the general direction of a Liverpool ballboy and 40,000 Anfield muppets bray for a spot-kick.

manchester now , next , forever

As with the two previous meetings, the Liverpool players will be much fresher having nothing else to play for. Just like last season, Utd and Chelsea went toe to toe slugging it out to the last with no rest for the players. Liverpool, no doubt will rest several big time players for the semis, why not? It would be interesting to see who they would approach it IF they were challenging for the prem but they never are so forget it.

I think that Chelsea is going to beat liverpool and proceed to the final.

yeah thats true... it must be absolutely soul destroying to be knocked out by a legitimate penalty after being beat quite convincingly over two legs by a far superior outfit

Did I just read a Chelsea fan accusing another team of theatrics? I mean, Didier Drogba is competing at the summer olympics for the Cote d'Ivoire diving team.

As a Liverpool fan, its all getting a little bit boring now about people whinning and whinning on about Liverpool playing boring football....SO WHAT?? My answer is that our trophy haul over the last 7-8 years suggests we couldnt give a f**k. (not to mention being involved in 3 of the best finals ever, I mean they where boring too right?) Answer me this, would you rather have you team playing this 'pretty football' your teams are so adept at playing and lose, or grind results out, whichever way, and win trophies? I'm hoping its envy on your parts...because surely you cant be that be that stupid?

First two semi-finals saw a penalty kick decider and 1 goal that may or may not have crossed the line. It's time for Chelsea to be courted by Lady Luck.

Lampard will run all over Gerrards arse.. 108 goals from 340 games lampard has scored and also provided 121 assists.. gerrard only has 91 goals and 109 assists from 470 games.. huh!! lowly Gerrard huh huh!!

dalag

@ Framk Lampard STUPIDITY

I think chelsea will come with a heart of revage, and hunger.but over the 2 legs they mait go throu. GOD bless the bleus.

alfred, you can bring as much 'revage' as you want but theres no chance you 'mait' go through, your gunna get smahsed by a bunch of scousers who may be dumb as shit but will still have better spelling and grammar than yourself and the rest of the russian sellouts.

look, no doubt that the two games were really tight, but i reckon these two games are gonna be a little different. liverpool have now got new players like torres and babel. and 'the special one' is no longer at stamford bridge. these two games will be different games to the ones you saw in the semis last season, i am pretty sure.

Chelsea players are here for the cup and grant will see them through nomatter what.Liverpool have already lost hope although they also have the winning spirit.Wish chelsea the best.

tht ball did not cross the line...i think its time u ppl realized tht... as for the match i think chelsea deserve to win this time ard coz they have been workin really hard they just havent had tht good a luck!

chelsea 2,liverpool 0

about penalties, champ league final. when john terry slips and misses. i saw a picture of one of the yellow wet floor signs with the stick man falling over, it said, caution, john terry...lol