On the other hand you can't compare players today with Müller. That guy is a legend, and he definetely didn't play half as many European games as Sheva due to the fact that there was noc group stage in former times. Müller is a legend for me. He's THE center forward and the best poacher of all times. As far as I know Sheva didn't score more goals in his NT than he played matches?

Now back from my Müllerism to the match....
Yesterdays match was much better (I mean the football of course not the outcome )

JOE COLE 1-0!

Drogba finally assists one.

J.Cole. 1:0 to Chelsea

Carvalho to Drogba... Drogba to Joe Cole. 1-0.

Chelsea in the final. Next...

Guess you're right. Liverpool doesn't seem to be a problem for them (till now that is, but they look kinda helpless)

Mourinho takes the bragging rights over Rafa.

Of corse you can't compare players from 30-40 years ago and now. It was a different game back then

From classic games that I saw Müller was class.

It's not Liverpool. It's some stupid things by Rafa like playing Zenden (lol)... seriously... and the best English striker on the bench (Crouch)? Please.

Like this Chelsea will give them 3 or 4-0.

Exactly why I don't view him as the genious that people make him out to be, he's gotten lucky on a few occasions but nothing special

Why didn't Gerrard score.

I could have put that header in.

The thing he good at is tactics. Other things - mediocre

Half Time.

Chelski 1-0 Liverpool
Joe Cole.

HT 1:0

Good game. Not as boring as people thought. Liverpool need to do some changes : maybe Crauch and Riise

Zenden OK, but Crouch? That guy is neither reliable nor is he good football player. Kuyt might not be english but he's definetely the more dangerous striker.
And an entire team can't play as helpless as Liverpool just because of two wrong decisions. Seriously, all their key players are there and fit.

Sheva getting a slating by the b.b.c saying he is the worst player on the pitch by a mile!!

Any 'Italianised' player get's slated by the BBC, it's all jealousy.

I'm not watching it so I cannot comment.

But some of the bbc punters are pure cr@p. Weel actually most of the british punters are cr@p. Their biased tone yesterday in the match against Man U did my stomach in

He wasn't that bad and he is playing as an attacking midfielder today

The commentators on ESPN (english language, not the spanish) were just as bad yesterday. To the point that I turned the sound off and sent ESPN a formal complaint.

ended up with the volume off!
on itv in england they had a 15min build up to the game, in that was the Milan pre game press conference and a english journalist stood up and said " many people believe that Milan shouldn't be in the competition because of the summer scandel what do you say to that?"
6 fucking months ago that **** happened but the english twats can't let it go morons

It's always the same.

I try and find Japanese coverage for CL, at least then I don't know what they're saying.

It's to take the pressure off our league.

Arsenal have been involved in some VERY dodgey trasfers in recent years.

The EPL is the most currupt league in the world, it's hardly hidden very well either.

It will be so sweet to beat two english teams

Liverpool look like they'll score soon. Paulo Ferreira is looking really uncomfortable at the moment, they're really pressuing him.

Crouch on for Bellamy.


SUPER SAVE FROM CECH!

What a save by Cech. Gerrard's shot.

Seeing that from the reverse angle - It's possibly the save of the season, to stretch like that, and save a shot of such power is unreal.


Finally, someone sticking up for Sheva.

Andy Gray is the first person to realise he's not a winger.

How I wish we had a Cehc or Buffon Yesterday

'Ciao-See!'

Gotta love the Cockney accent.

Does Chelsea fans sing?

so many glory hunting fans they probably don't know the words to any of the songs!!

How's the game going?

You can hear a few people chanting 'Ciao-See' now and then, that's about it.

Big teams don't have good atmosphere's



The game is awful, it's died. Half time killed it.

They've resorted to making fun of Dida, the game is that bad.



Sheva off, Kalou on.

This Liverpool miss 1 world class winger and a top-level striker. Then they'll have more chances in the Premier.

Oh... and a good right-back. Finnan is not top and Arbeloa is better on the left.

is sheva still the worst on the park?

No, Kalou replaced him.

Kuyt has been as bad though, he'd done nothing, at least Sheva set up some chances.


Very well hit from Lampard, hard chance. Equally good save from Reina.

Pennant on for Alonso.

Pennant!? How can somebody that played for Birmingham last year be playing in a CL semi final.


Wright-Phillips on for the match winner, Joe Cole.


Full time:
Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool
Joe Cole "29

One goal from Chelsea next week will be enough.

FT 1-0. Chelsea for sure on the semis.

I know that for the EPL... it was 2-0 in Anfield but Liverpool have too many injuried players... Kewell would have killed Ferreira, Luis Garcia... even Aurelio crosses...

Plus in the 2-0 game earlier in the season - Chelsea had alot of injuries, practically no defenders.

Oops. For some reason it did a double post.

Liverpool need a Torres, a David Villa, "a Drogba" to take them to the other level.

I might be wrong... in Anfield everything is possible but I really doubt they'll be in the final.

good result for chelsea, shoulda have been by a larger margine, chelse awas all over livertool in the first and arbeloa or w/e his name clearly hand balled in the box (scuffs his clearance and he swings his arm and it clears the ball)

Liverpool don't over-turn 1st legs defeats very well. Just look at Benfica last year.

Mourinho complained about that, they showed it after the game.

It was handball, but he was AT LEAST 3 yards out-side the box.

Good game! Nice goal by Joe Cole, that guys was very good tonight! As was Drogba... he humiliated Aager... one of Benitez's mistakes... Aager can't certainly not match Drogba, Zenden is of course useless and I may hate Gerrard but I also hate to see him on the right... he's utterly wasted there... Stupid Rafa!

Well... I don't know, Anfield is not a walk in the park.

What amazed me the most though and what I really wanted to talk about is Cech's save on Gerrard's shot. Since yesterday, I've been watching in awe Kaka's goals against United again and again trying to capture the brilliance out of his moves... but that certain save by Cech was equally AMAZING! I was left speechless. That is the best save I've seen in years. Watching the replay in an angle behind his goal you can see that he has no view of the ball until the very last moment yet he somehow manages to godly deflect it off and to a corner kick... his reflections were perfect, like he lives in his own slow world, seeing things in super slow motion! That was absolutely breath-taking!!

ps1 RIP Alan Ball
ps2 Do you think that was a penalty for Cheslki? I think it wasn't...

Benfica had luck to not conceed on the first 25 minutes. They're were really lucky. Liverpool '*****' them on that. But then Simao scored a beauty and that killed them.

But it was one of those Benfica nights... well, it's football.

Arsenal owned Liverpool twice in the space of 4 days, eliminating them from 2 Cups earlier in the season, they let in a total of 9 goals in the 2 games.

Anfield is no fortress anymore.

Yeah... and then they got 4-1 in their french a_se when Liverpool "decided" to play what they know.

But I agree Chelsea is not Arsenal. And there's a big difference on the whole squad quality between Chelsea and Liverpool. 1, 2, 3 injuries doesn't make big difference for the sovietics. For Liverpool... it does.

Still about Anfield, just check their record. They just lost once this season for the EPL... and it was the luckiest ManUtd's win in the league. Really lucky.

Yeah... Liverpool decided to play...

Bull.

Man, Arsenal had already been defeated by Everton before that and they lost to West Ham at Emirates after Anfield... it was the Gooners that were/are out of form, nothing to do with Liverpool... Normally, it'd be another Baptista ( ) show!

Out of form?

I can say exactly the same. Liverpool lost that 2 matches because they were out of form.

Baptista... that guy wants to return to Madrid. He said it's too cold in London. Can't survive.