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What a nailbitin finish to such an exciting match. It was certainly end to end stuff.
When adebayor scored that goal i though liverpool GG liao but we got something up our sleeves - Ryan babel
Overall i tot Liverpool played better today and slightly deserved to win.
The only sad thing is that we face chelsea in the semi final. and no garcia or agger to score goal for us against chelsea
Anyways let's enjoy this moment!
You'll never walk alone!
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Ya man , when i saw that young fella dribble like Owen , i said siow liao ....
Past 3 defenders .... Gerrard's fault !
Then Ade scored 2-2 , Arsenal on the away goal rule .
1 minute later , i was surprise .... of all players , Toure tagged Babel down , he shouldn't be doing such thing in the UCL ! In England maybe he can escape , not in UCL .
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Originally posted by Poolman:
Tell u all la , Liverpool vs Man Utd Final at Moscow la .
if manure advance to final wif liverpool, most likely they will pwnz your team for third time in a row. tis is also wat the monkeys wish for.
look likely only chelsea or barcalona to be the only team to win them.
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Benitez hails Liverpool's character and belief
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<!-- begin text11 div --><!-- begin left column -->Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez hailed the character and belief of his side as they stormed into the European Cup semi-finals for the ninth time in their history.
GettyImagesEmmanuel Adebayor and Cesc Fabregas show the pain of bitter defeat.
The amazing 4-2 quarter-final second leg victory over Arsenal, for a 5-3 aggregate win, meant Benitez had emerged triumphant and unbeaten from three clashes with the north Londoners in a week.
Liverpool broke the hearts of Arsene Wenger's side, who led early on through Abou Diaby before Sami Hyypia's equaliser, while Emmanuel Adebayor's goal with seven minutes left would have put Arsenal into the last four on away goals when he made it 2-2 after Fernando Torres' strike.
But Steven Gerrard's penalty, won by substitute Ryan Babel, and then a breakaway fourth from the flying Dutchman set the seal on the victory, which many old time Liverpool fans will see as revenge for Arsenal's 1989 injury-time title triumph on this same ground.
Benitez said: 'I was delighted with the belief of my players, particularly in the second half. We had been so poor before the break, but so much better in the second period.
'It was a tremendous game for our fans, there were six goals and we played so well.
'I hear Steven Gerrard has said it was a poor game by him, but I was satisfied. He scored a crucially important penalty for us when it really mattered, that was positive from him to take it so well.
'Now we have Chelsea again in the semi-final. Again it will be a very, very tough game against an excellent side. But like tonight, we have enough experience of such matches and clearly the belief to succeed again.
'And when we went to 2-2 so near the end, my players showed tremendous character and desire to get up off the ground to win the tie.'
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger considered the penalty that swung the game late on was 'dodgy' and his side had been the victim of bad decisions in both legs.
At the Emirates last week Arsenal were denied a spot-kick when Dirk Kuyt pulled back Alex Hleb, and in this match Liverpool were awarded a spot-kick for a foul on Babel by Kolo Toure.
Wenger said: 'I felt at that stage the game was over at 2-2. Then there was a dodgy penalty and we started to lose concentration.
'Over the two games this is hard to swallow. The big decisions over penalties in both matches have gone against us.
'It is difficult to take, the players in the dressing room are very down because they believe week after week the decisions are going against them.
'It was not a penalty tonight, I have seen the replay. But we were denied a clear penalty last week. That was a real penalty, this one wasn't.'
He added: 'And even at 2-2 we had a great chance to kill the game off. But we lacked experience and made big mistakes.
'We conceded a goal from a corner and gave Fernando Torres too much room when he scored.
'It will be hard now, we have to go to Manchester United next at the weekend, but we will try to finish strongly. But we still feel a great sense of injustice.'
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this game against arsenal reminds me of the game a few seasons ago when we were knocked out by bayer leverkusen in virtually the same fashion. i was cheering when jari litmanen scored, but it was not to be.
the reds will not meet man utd in the final cos barca is too strong for them. im looking forward to an exciting reds-barca final.
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Arsenal , can score 2 goals at Anfield , well done
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. here comes chelsea again
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