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Thursday, April 16, 2009

Chelsea reach semis after thriller

Chelsea overcame Liverpool in a nail-biting Champions League quarter-final which saw 8 goals in a 4-4 draw giving the London hosts a 7-5 win on aggregate.Fabio Aurelio and Xabi Alonso scored in the first 28 minutes to give Liverpool hope in the second leg of the quarterfinals, but Frank Lampard ended up with two goals for Chelsea and Alex and Didier Drogba added the others.Liverpool's Lucas Leiva and Dirk Kuyt also scored late, but the 3-1 loss at home in the first leg proved too much to overcome.In the other quarterfinal, Barcelona drew at Bayern Munich 1-1 to set up a semi-final clash against Chelsea.

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