Chelsea vs Liverpool

Houllier and the Reds trudge off with a place in the UEFA Cup offering little in the way of consolation for them and their supporters. But Chelsea deserved their win and were more inventive and thoughtful on the ball, worthy winners.

And it is all over. The greatest achievement of Ranieri's Chelsea's career: Qualification for the Champions League and all the glamour and rich rewards that come with it!!

The whistles ring out from the crowd as Chelsea try to hold the ball, Zola has it in the corner but is knobbled by Murphy

Chelsea still pressing, Lampard spreads it to Melchiot who puts in a great ball across the box, but there is no-one to turn it in

Heskey has been wasted on the wings and should surely have been upfront helping out the diminutive pairing of Owen and Baros

Le Saux is clearly injured but he limps back on - he wants to be on the pitch for the final whistle

Both teams down to ten men and four minutes of injury time signalled

Down to 10 men and Liverpool are surely beaten. Le Suax is helped off the pitch by the Physio and he surely can't carry on but Chelsea have used all thier subs

The Bridge roars is its disapproval as Gerrard crashes into Le Saux and the Liverpool player is sent off

Zola and Le Saux exchange passes and then its back to Desailly - every Chelsea pass being cheered as the exhibition gets underway

Berger loses the ball to Gallas and Lampard brings it up and passes to Zola

We're into the last 5 minutes and Liverpool are robbed trying to bring the ball out of their half and Lampard is unlucky to see his long range effort go just wide

Chelsea really pressing and ending this fast-paced on top - Cole tries a shot but its truned away

Gerrard is booked for a bad tackle on Zola, frustration creeping into the game for Liverpool as the minutes ebb away

Zola jinks past three Liverpool defenders on the way to winning a corner, great skill by the little Italian

Zola gets the ball and feeds it to Melchiot on the right hand corner of the penalty area, he fires in a low shot and it bounces of the inside of the post and clear

Stanic just fails to reach the ball after Le Saux crossed into the box

Houllier and his assistant Phil Thompson look very deflated on the touchline - is their dream over?

Petit and Le saux link up well to get the ball to Cole who runs with the ball to the byline, but its out for goal kick

Hasselbaink's season ends with a whimper as he leaves the field injured and looking decidedly glum. He is replaced by the promising and talented Carlton Cole

Cudicini leapt high to claim the ball but he failed to grasp the slippery ball, Baros then handled the ball on his way to netting - the scores reamin the same

Baros puts the ball in the Chelsea net, but the linesman flags for an infringement

Cheyrou finds the ball at his feet from the corner but he swings his leg and misses the ball totally - shockingly bad

Owen forces a mistake from Melchiot and Liverpool have a corner

Bruno Cheyrou is on for John Arne Riise who has failed to inspire today