Chelsea – Liverpool

1. Join Soccernet for live coverage of Chelsea against Liverpool, the crucial game that will decide which side reaches next season's Champions League. Commentary begins at 1500 UK time.

2. Team news from Stamford Bridge, Chelsea: Carlo Cudicini, Mario Melchiot, William Gallas, Marcel Desailly, Celestine Babayaro, Jesper Gronkjaer, Emmanuel Petit, Frank Lampard, Graeme Le Saux, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Eidur Gudjohnsen.

3. Liverpool: Jerzy Dudek, Jamie Carragher, Sami Hyypia, Djimi Traore, John Arne Riise, El Hadji Diouf, Steven Gerrard, Danny Murphy, Salif Alassane Diao, Milan Baros and Michael Owen

4. Referee Alan Wiley of Staffordshire gets things underway at the Bridge for a game of massive significance.

5. Quite simply the winner takes it all: The glamour of Champions League football next season and an estimated £20million in revenue. For the loser the consolation of a spot in the UEFA Cup.

6. Milan Baros showing an early touch of skill feeding Danny Murphy

7. 1'

   Murphy get the ball to Michael Owen who twists and turn in the penalty area and gets a shot away, but it's weak and Carlo Cudicini saves comfortably

8. 2'

   Liverpool have not won here in 13-and-a-half years and have lost their last six Premiership matches at Stamford Bridge - can they change all that today?

9. 2'

   Chelsea build with Celestine Babayaro hitting a good hight ball to Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, but Liverpool's centre half Djimi Traore clears

10. 3'

    Hasselbaink looking to finish the season with a flourish after a poor last few months by his standards

11. 4'

    Chelsea win a free kick 40 yards out, Hasselbaink looks like he's going to shoot

12. 4'

    Hasselbaink's long-range effort is charged down by Steven Gerrard - possibly very painful

13. 5'

    Sami Hyypia launches a long hopeful looking ball up the field for Liverpool, but his counterpart in the Chelsea defence, Marcel Desailly snubs out the danger

14. 6'

    Eidur Gudjohnsen wins a corner for Chelsea of Traore

15. 6'

    Graeme Le Saux's kick is too deep for Desailly at the back post and it's out for a goalkick

16. 7'

    Chelsea's fans are roaring the home side on as Babayaro and Emmanuel Petit pass the ball around confidently in the middle of the park

17. 8'

    Petit clatters into Danny Murphy and Liverpool have a free kick in a very dangerous are 30 yards out

18. 9'

    Gerrard wastes the effort pulling his low shot wide of the goal and its a goal kick

19. 10'

    Desailly fouls Baros and its another free kick

20. 10'

    Goal!!! Danny Murphy pumps in the freekick and Liverpool captain Sami Hyypia heads home!!!

21. 11'

    Chelsea are now chasing the game! They need two goals to reach the Champions League. A great glancing header by Hyypia

22. 12'

    Goal for Chelsea - what drama!!!

23. 13'

    Marcel Desailly, the Chelsea skipper levels things with a header to equal Hypia's from a cross from the right wing!

24. 14'

    Before Liverpool could even decide whether to play defensivly for the remainder of the game Chelsea get a goal of thier own - we're back to square one!

25. 14'

    Mario Melchiot tries to feed the ball to Jesper Gronkjaer, who crossed for the goal, but its over hit

26. 15'

    Milan Baros wins a corner for Liverpool

27. 16'

    Plenty of blue Chelsea shirts behind the ball and the corner is cleared and Hasselbaink runs clear with the ball

28. 17'

    Another freekick for Liverpool in the same area as they scored from earlier, this time the kick is less efective and Chelsea clear

29. 18'

    Hasselbaink loses control of the ball and handles under pressure from Traore, he's not happy, but the kick goes against him

30. 19'

    Messy stuff as the two defences hoist away long clearances to try and gain some respite - end-to-end play, but not subtle

31. 20'

    Gerrard spreads the ball across the field to Jamie Carragher who looks for El Hadji Diouf, but he's robbed by Babayaro

32. 20'

    The referee waves play on after Le Saux is well and trully tackled by Carragher as Eidur Gudjohnsen is in a good position, but his shot is high and wide

33. 22'

    Chelsea clear another dangerous Liverpool freekick, but the home side's back line do not look at all comfortable dealing with deep crosses

34. 23'

    Frank Lampard tackled on the halfway line by Gerrard, the ball spills Owen but he's tackled by Desailly before he can get to full speed

35. 24'

    Le Suax wins a corner of Carragher following a bright run down the left wing

36. 25'

    Jerzy Dudek claims the kick, whipped in by Hasselbaink, but only on the second attempt - nervy stuff by the 'keeper who has been guilty of some blunders this year

37. 25'

    Chelsea get a free kick on the edge of the Liverpool area

38. 26'

    Hasselbaink take his usual one-step run-up but his kick hits the wall and cannons clear

39. 26'

    Chelsea score again!!!

40. 27'

    Jesper Gronkjaer scores a great goal for Chelsea. He colelct the ball from Melchiot on the corner of the penalty area and after shrugging of a challenge fired in a bending shot to beat Dudek

41. 28'

    And now it's Liverpool who need two goals to reach the Champions League - great game!

42. 29'

    John Arne Riise links well with Traore to try and get the ball to Owen who has been conspicuous by his absence so far this afternoon - the Reds need inspiration can Owen lift the team?

43. 31'

    An altercation in the middle of the pitch following a rash tackle by Gerrard on Hasselbaink but Alan Wiley, refereeing well, jsut calms things down

44. 32'

    Hasselbaink gets caught in possession in his own half trying to play his way out of trouble and Liverpool look to build - but Gallas defends well and Murphy fails to get a corner

45. 33'

    Gudjohnsen, Gronkjaer and Melchiot are linking up well on the right wing and making life very difficult for Traore

46. 34'

    Desailly looks uneasy, he mave have picked up an injury

47. 35'

    Chelsea move it forward with Gronkjaer finding Hasselbaink, but Liverpool win the back

48. 36'

    Milan Baros unlucky that ball doesn't drop to him as Melchiot and Desailly wait for eachother to clear the danger

49. 37'

    Melchiot causes problems for the Liverpool defenders with a long throw-in which bounces through the six-yard box both Traore and then Hyypia caught napping

50. 38'

    A Liverpool attack breaks down after Murphy is tackled by Lampard and the ball is fed to Le Suax

51. 39'

    Chelsea hurryung and hassling the Liverpool defenders with Petit particularly trying to force errors from the Reds

52. 40'

    Carragher and El Hadji Diouf try to force thier way through Le Saux but fail and Chelsea have the ball again

53. 41'

    Owen tries to dribble past Melchiot and William Gallas, he fails but gets a corner

54. 42'

    Riise's corner is headed clear but Carragher loops it back in, but again Chelsea mop up the loose ball and Cudicini has the ball

55. 43'

    Freekick to Chelsea on the right wing in a similar area from where the cross for thier first goal cam from

56. 44'

    This time when the ball is delivered the Reds' captain Hyypia heads clear

57. 45'

    Wiley puts William Gallas in his book after he was rightly shown a yellow card

58. 45'

    One minute of stoppage time this half. Liverpool boss Gerrard Houllier looks pensive on the touchline, Claudio Ranieri looks quietly on

59. 46'

    Chelsea in possession as the halftime whistle is blown.

60. 46'

    A fantastic response by the home team after going one goal down. Gronkjaer put Chelsea in the driving seat with an excellent goal after captains Hyppia and Desailly had scored with good headers

61. 46'

    Desailly limped off the pitch and may not last the full 90 minutes, can Liverpool exploit this weakness and get back into it? They need two goals to reach the Champions League as a draw will suffice for Chelsea

62. 46'

    A tactical change for Liverpool as Houllier elects to bring on Emile Heskey for Salif Alassane Diao. Gallas and Desailly are both understood to have received treatment during the break.

63. 46'

    We're back underway at the Bridge with Babayaro pressing forward for Chelsea

64. 46'

    Heskey has taken up role on the left wing for Liverpool, maybe he can create some havoc and a few chances

65. 47'

    Gerrard fees the ball on the floor to Owen but the ball spills to Lampard and Chelsea break

66. 47'

    Hasselbaink puts in a great cross which his strike Eidur Gudjohnsen just fails to connect with despite a dramatic lunge

67. 48'

    Hasselbaink becomes the latest booking, his yellow card for a foul on Gerrars - possible retribution for early

68. 48'

    El Hadji Diouf goes past Babayaro and crosses well, Heskey get the ball and trues ashot but it's blocked

69. 49'

    Another chance for Liverpool this time Owen is the unlucky one after getting the ball in the penalty area - promising signs for the Reds

70. 50'

    The ball is zipping around on the pitch as the rain teems down in South-West London

71. 51'

    Hasselbaink manages to get through two defenders, he falls but Lampard gets the ball and fires in a hopeful cross/shot from the right of the six-yarder - Hyppia clears

72. 52'

    Baros dances past three men on the left wing, Melchiot particularly good have done more. Baros spreads it to Gerrard who fires in a great shot from 35-yards and brings a good save from Cudicini

73. 53'

    Hesekey passes the ball to Owen in a deep postion, he lays is off to Gerrard but an errant pass sees the ball out for a Chelsea throw

74. 54'

    Petit gets an unintentioanl knee in the face from Murphy and needs attention

75. 55'

    Heskey tackled very well by Melchiot and Chelsea break but Traore covering well cuts out a pass intended for Hasselbaink - two pieces of excellent defending

76. 56'

    Le Saux fancies his chances of glory and unleases a speculative shot from 40-yards which ends up in the stands

77. 57'

    Hyppia tries to pass the ball out of defence to Gerrard, but he passes staright back to his captain and Hyppia is forced to hoof it clear and Chelsea are back in possession - Liverpool made to look a bit short of ideas

78. 58'

    Gallas escapes any attention from the ref despite a reckless tackle on Baros on the edge of the penalty area risky stuff

79. 59'

    Czech international Patrik Berger is poised to enter the game in what will be his last appearance for the club he joined after Euro 96

80. 60'

    A ball across the box is just behind both Owen and Heskey - frustrating for the Reds

81. 61'

    Not to be dispirited Liverpool press with El Hadji Diouf firing another teasing cross

82. 61'

    Le Saux is booked for a mis-timed tackle on Gerrard

83. 62'

    El Hadji Diouf is subbed for Berger who takes the pitch for the last time in the famous Liverpool red

84. 63'

    Hasselbaink turns Traore and plays a one-two with Lampard inside the Liverpool area, but Carragher is on hand to block the shot

85. 64'

    Hasselbaink loses Traore again but he can't get enough on his shot and despite a good ball from deep its a Liverpool goal kick

86. 65'

    Chelsea are on top at the moment, both in the table and on the pitch Liverpool need to muster something with 25 minutes left

87. 66'

    Carragher gets the ball to Baros and he is unlucky not to win a corner but Babayaro shepperds it out

88. 67'

    Carragher clears the ball with Chlesea looking ominous, Melchiot picks it up on the right of the box but his attempted cross is dreadful

89. 68'

    Jesper Gronkjaer leaves the field to rapturous applause to be replaced by Mario Stanic. Has Gronkjaer's goal got Chelsea back into Europe?

90. 69'

    Jerzy Dudek comes a long way off his line to cut out a long ball to Eidur Gudjohnsen - the crowd thing the Pole used his hand outside his box, but the referee waves play on

91. 70'

    Berger flicks a pass to Owen but the England striker is quickly dispossessed by Gallas. It's not been Owen's day so far

92. 72'

    Chelsea make another substitute, and to a man the home fans stand to welcome the appearance of Gianfranco Zola who replaces Gudjohnsen

93. 72'

    Will Zola stay for another year at Chelsea - maybe the lure of the Champions League will convince him

94. 73'

    Traore concedes a corner, but Zola's kick is poor

95. 74'

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

96. 75'

    Owen forces a mistake from Melchiot and Liverpool have a corner

97. 75'

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

98. 76'

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

99. 76'

    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

100. 78'

     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

101. 79'

     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

102. 80'

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

103. 81'

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

104. 82'

     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

105. 83'

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

106. 84'

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

107. 85'

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

108. 86'

     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

109. 87'

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

110. 88'

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

111. 89'

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

112. 90'

     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

113. 90'

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

114. 91'

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

115. 92'

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

116. 93'

     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

117. 94'

     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

118. 95'

     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!!

119. 95'

     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.

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