Liverpool beat Chelsea 4-1 on penalties after their semi-final ended 1-1 on aggregate to reach the Champions League final for the second time in three seasons.
All four Liverpool penalties were successful while Pepe Reina saved penalties by Chelsea's Arjen Robben and Geremi to send Liverpool through to the final in Athens on May 23rd against either Manchester United or AC Milan.
The second leg ended 1-0 after extra time with the only goal coming after 22 minutes following a cleverly-taken free-kick from Steven Gerrard. He sent a hard low cross towards the edge of the Chelsea penalty area rather than an expected high ball to the centre of it.
Daniel Agger played his part perfectly, sweeping in a well-struck shot that swerved just inside the post and into the Chelsea net out of the reach of goalkeeper Peter Cech.
Chances were few and far between for both sides with Peter Crouch seeing a header saved by Cech's feet on the line after 55 minutes and Dirk Kuyt heading against the Chelsea bar after 59 minutes.
At the other end Didier Drogba drew a fine save from Pepe Reina after 32 minutes.
Kuyt had a second goal ruled out for offside in extra time, but scored the final penalty to give Liverpool their 4-1 winning margin.
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