Champions League - Liverpool face Chelsea again

Eurosport - Sat, 21 Mar 12:13:00 2009

Liverpool will face Chelsea in the Champions League quarter-finals, the fifth consecutive season they have met in the competition.

FOOTBALL 2008-2009 Premier League Liverpool-Chelsea Anelka Carragher - 0

Liverpool have won two and Chelsea one of the clubs' recent battles in Europe, but the Blues won the most recent in last year's semi-finals.

Rafa Benitez's side won the 2004/05 semi-final, before the teams locked horns in the 2005/06 group stage. Liverpool then won the 2006/07 semi-final against Chelsea, who turned the tables under Avram Grant in last season's semis.

Holders Manchester United play Portuguese champions FC Porto, while Arsenal meet Villarreal of Spain.

Arsene Wenger's team beat the Spaniards in the 2006 last four before losing to Barca in the final.

If both Premier League clubs win those ties, they will face off in the last four - their first Champions League meeting.

The winners of the Liverpool-Chelsea tie will take on either Barcelona or Bayern Munich, with the pair meeting in the other quarter-final.

The quarter-final first legs will be played on April 7 or 8 with the return matches the following week. UEFA has said it will do all it can to avoid Liverpool playing on April 15 - the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster.

Rafa Benitez's side, buoyed by the coach's contract renewal and a 4-1 win at United in the Premier League, will be at home for the first leg.

United lost to eventual winners Porto in 2004 when Jose Mourinho was the coach of the Portuguese side.

Alex Ferguson got his own back on his old nemesis last week when United knocked out Mourinho's Inter in the last 16.

The final will be played on Wednesday, May 27 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, where there will be no home interest after Inter, Juventus and Roma were all eliminated in the last 16.

Quarter-finals (all 19:45 British time)

First legs to be played on April 7 (second legs April 15)

Villarreal v Arsenal

Manchester United v Porto

First legs to be played on April 8 (second legs April 14)

Liverpool v Chelsea

Barcelona v Bayern Munich

Semi-finals

Manchester United or Porto v Villarreal or Arsenal

Barcelona or Bayern Munich v Liverpool or Chelsea

* First legs to be played on April 28 and 29

* Second legs to be played May 5 and 6

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  1. LIVERPOOL­ LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL­ LLL

    From liverpool_gerrard27, on Sun 29 Mar 7:44PM

  2. MU WILL WIN THE CHAMPIONS­ LEAGUE.......................MU ARE THE­ CHAMPIONS..........................Liverpool will not­ enter final.....because of barcelona and chelsea and­ bayern munich...................these are pro teams

    From laichijian, on Tue 24 Mar 1:10PM

  3. nobody can stop liverpool from wining the CL all recent­ score show there form.i love liverpool

    From pet2778, on Tue 24 Mar 8:24AM

  4. Liverpool will deinately win!!! We hav 2

    From luke.mckillion, on Mon 23 Mar 5:07PM

  5. Chelsea is going to beat liverpool so badly that the­ score board will explode

    From Maliko, on Mon 23 Mar 2:52PM

  6. i could'nt agree more with Monkey L , chelsea # 1 ,­ we'll show liverpool whats giong to happen

    From fadydaaboul, on Mon 23 Mar 12:28PM

  7. go go go liverpool.... liverpool rules...

    From Sivaraj, on Sun 22 Mar 6:47PM

  8. the reds will trash the bluess... haha

    From Sivaraj, on Sun 22 Mar 6:42PM

  9. i think chealsea can beat liv again..
    i want the blues­ win this title this year..

    From KC, on Sun 22 Mar 4:00PM

  10. sorri i meant we r playin chelsea yet again
    im a­ liverpool fan till ma death

    From Aamina, on Sun 22 Mar 10:11AM

  11. we r playin liverpool yet agen
    yup en man u playin fc­ porto
    so
    L vs C = Hard Well mayb easy 4­ liverpool
    however.
    MU vs FC Porto= Easyyyyyyyyyy­
    whopppe itz easy hus gonna win (!)

    From Aamina, on Sun 22 Mar 9:54AM

  12. 'And it wasn't a­ 'miss' by Shevchenko.­ It was a great double­ save by Jerzy Dudek. Shevchenko­ Shevchenko­ couldn't have hit it any better.­ Unfortunately for­ him, Dudek was equal to­ it.'

    sorry, but you're not quite right... the­ first save is good, but if you actually watch the­ replay the second was hit straight at him and he­ didn't even move. somehow i think Shevchenko COULD­ have hit it better
    as the commentator says, "the­ second one he doesn't know anything about it"

    From kieran_edmondo, on Sat 21 Mar 10:31PM

  13. Kieran edmondo,

    You forgot to mention that AC Milan­ totally bottled it in the 2005 final when Liverpool­ tore them to pieces and Milan bottled it again during­ the penalty shootout. You don't get 'lucky'­ if you come back from 0-3 down.

    And it wasn't a­ 'miss' by Shevchenko. It was a great double­ save by Jerzy Dudek. Shevchenko Shevchenko­ couldn't have hit it any better. Unfortunately for­ him, Dudek was equal to it.

    By the way clever cloggs,­ the referee said that if he didn't give the goal­ for Liverpool in the semi against Chelsea then he would­ have sent Cech off and awarded a penalty too. Chelsea­ were lucky they weren't down to ten men. As it was,­ Chelsea got away with it and had 90 minutes to score­ just one goal to go through on away goals. They­ couldn't even do that. It wasn't the 'goal­ that never crossed the line' which put Chelsea out­ of the 2005 semi final. It was the fact that Chelsea­ didn't get an away goal at Anfield. They started­ that game needing a goal and that didn't change­ after the 'goal that never crossed the­ line'.

    Dirk Kuyt wrongly had a goal disallowed in­ the 2007 semi final so it's about time Chelsea fans­ stopped bleating on like little lambs about how poorly­ they were treated in the 2005 semi. In the first leg­ Gudjonsen cheated and got Xabi Alonso suspended for the­ second leg. Chelsea were @#$% over the two games in the­ 2005 semi and didn't deserve to go through.­ It's as simple as that.

    You have also forgotten­ the blatant penalty Liverpool should have been awarded­ in the second leg at Stamford Bridge last year in the­ semi too.

    Seems to me that Chelsea have got the lucky­ breaks in ALL of the semis between the two teams.

    From Kimmy, on Sat 21 Mar 7:13PM

  14. Surprise surprise Man U get the easy run in again

    From CARL, on Sat 21 Mar 6:59PM

  15. Did Ferguson do the draw personally ?

    From jrd1986, on Sat 21 Mar 4:16PM

  16. liverpool will win knock chelsea out and go to be best­ ever

    From Kimm, on Sat 21 Mar 4:14PM

  17. liverpool will win knock chelsea out and go to be best­ ever

    From Kimm, on Sat 21 Mar 4:09PM

  18. comment 882 i believe u r mistaken about arsenal not­ being a threat in the C.L to united because over the­ last couple of season and even this season when teams­ find it hard to even beat united arsenal seems to so i­ think u should take that back now!!!. Well i strong­ feeling that united and aresnal are going to meet in­ the semi final so all comments should held till after­ 90minutes has expired.

    ARSENAL FOR LIFE

    From bryanfevrier, on Sat 21 Mar 3:08PM

  19. Liverpool get a tough draw,YET AGAIN...
    Man Utd get an­ easy draw, YET AGAIN...

    From Naren7, on Sat 21 Mar 2:22PM

  20. chelsea rule the world ya you and me we can ride on the­ star if you stay with me droba we can rule
    the world!

    From Doctor, on Sat 21 Mar 2:01PM
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