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Liverpool dashes Chelsea hopes
22/04/2006 20:50 - (SA)
London - Liverpool beat Chelsea 2-1 in
their FA Cup semi-final at Old Trafford in Manchester on
Saturday to foil Chelsea's bid for the league-Cup double.
Liverpool went ahead midway through the first half when they
scored from a free kick in front of Chelsea keeper Carlo
Cudicini's right-hand post.
John Arne Riise tapped the free kick to Steven Gerrard who
stopped the ball dead for the Norwegian left back to curl a low
shot between Paulo Ferreira and Frank Lampard at the near end of
the wall and past the unsighted Cudicini.
Chelsea conceded the second goal from a throw-in on the
right when a poor headed clearance fell to Luis Garcia and the
Spaniard raced goalwards with three defenders in his wake to hit
a dipping shot high into the far top corner.
Striker Didier Drogba headed Chelsea back into the game with
20 minutes to go. Riise made a poor effort of clearing the ball
with a diving header and keeper Jose Reina raced off his line to
try to foil the striker but was just beaten to the ball.
Middlesbrough and West Ham United meet in the other
semi-final at Villa Park in Birmingham on Sunday.
- Reuters
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