Liverpool vs Chelsea, 2nd Leg Liverpool win 1-0 on aggregate
Match pulse
LIVAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
Who won: Liverpool 1-0
Liverpool beat Chelsea 1-0 in 2nd Leg Liverpool win 1-0 on aggregate on Tuesday, May 3, 2005 at Anfield. Goals for Liverpool: Luis García (5', 5').
Play by play
- 96'
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- 96'
Riise, Gerrard and Finnan celebrate in front of the Kop, who sing their little hearts out. What a story - unfancied Liverpool make the Champions League final?
- 96'
The celebrations are wild. Mourinho shakes Benitez's hand, and goes on the field to console his team.
- 96'
FULL-TIME: Incredible performance from Liverpool. They snuff out Chelsea all game, and Garcia's controversial early goal sends them to Istanbul.
- 95'
Oooh! Gudjohnsen latches on to a flick-on inside the penalty area. Six yards out but faced with a tight angle, he crashes a shot to the far post, but it flies inches wide.
- 95'
The whistles from the Liverpool fans begin to ring out. Kezman hits the floor in the penalty area under a challenge from Traore. He pleads with the referee but gets nothing.
- 94'
Liverpool win a corner when Robben sprints back and slides in on Nunez inside the Chelsea penalty area.
- 93'
Ciise latches on to a ball over the top of the meagre Chelsea defence, but his prod towards goal is saved by Cech, flying out of his goal.
- 92'
The Liverpool fans look distraught with nerves. One woman tries to eat her scarf. I can't imagine it tastes terribly nice.
- 91'
Liverpool enjoy some time in the Chelsea half. They use up time really well down in the corner, and the visitors are becoming frustrated.
- 90'
Huth is making a nuisance of himself up front, but Liverpool are defending wonderfully. They have prevented the visitors getting anywhere near their goal.
- 89'
Incredibly, there will be SIX added minutes of stoppage time. They've come from nowhere, and will give Chelsea some heart.
- 88'
Ciise picks up a loose ball and prods a shot goalwards. It takes a deflection off the legs of Carvalho and goes out for a corner. Liverpool attempt to take it short and waste some time, but some miscommunication hands the ball back to Chelsea.
- 87'
Gudjohnsen crashes a left-foot shot from just outside the area, but Gerrard blocks. Chelsea are having plenty possession and throwing everyone forward, but they still haven't tested Dudek.
- 86'
Two Robben mistakes in the space of a minute. They don't help the Chelsea cause. Liverpool are doing a good job of eating up time, keeping possession as best they can in the corners.
- 85'
Gerrard is playing much deeper now that Kewell has come on to the pitch, and he is doing a great job of protecting his back four.
- 84'
Abramovic smiles nervously in the executive box.
- 83'
SUB: Nunez on, Garcia off. A fan invades the pitch, but is eventually collared by four stewards inside the Chelsea goal. Moments later, a second man sprints on to the pitch, waving a Liverpool scarf. He too is ejected with some force.
- 83'
Liverpool clear the corner. Ciise collects and launches a pacy, one-man counter-attack. He gets to within 30 yards of goal before Carvalho nicks the ball off him.
- 82'
Oooh! Robben crosses brilliantly from the left, but Kezman is inches from planting a header past Dudek from two yards. Traore puts the ball out for a corner.
- 81'
Benitez's men are less than ten minutes from booking their place in the final in Istanbul.
- 81'
Garcia gives away a free-kick out on the left touchline. Robben scuffs the set-piece a little and Liverpool clear the low cross with some ease.
- 81'
Lovely skill from Gudjohnson on the right-edge of the penalty area, but his cross is too close to Dudek, who claims comfortably.
- 80'
Huth is doing a reasonable job of holding the ball up and laying off to a team-mate.
- 80'
Carvalho slides in and fouls Riise. Free-kick, but again there is no card. It's good refereeing, because he must know that a booking will mean some players missing the biggest match of their lives.