BERN preview on tonight UEFA CL semi-final.

LIVERPOOL vs CHELSEA
Anfield, Liverpool.

Steven Gerrard is a doubt for Tuesday’s game after picking up a neck injury in training. A decision on the Reds skipper will be taken on Tuesday, with Lucas on standby.

Frank Lampard return having missed the last two Chelsea games on compassionate leave. Wright-Phillips and Malouda will likely compete for a spot down the wing with Joe Cole set to get the other berth. Didier Drogba is doubtful. Michael Ballack and Michael Essien will not feature.



all rite... speculation... flaming goes out ahead of this semi-final 1st-leg meeting between 2 extreme teams in recent times. Liverpool came top on 2 occasions in the last 3 meetings at this stage. since Roman Abramovich bought e club in e summer of 2003. e UEFA Champions League remains the only silverware that eludes him. and thus make this fixture a rather tricky one.

With the showpiece event scheduled for Roman Abramovich’s homeland and the bitterness of 2005 and 2007 still evident in the Blues camp, there has never been a greater incentive to exact revenge. Avram Grant’s side made light work of Fenerbahçe at Stamford Bridge but stumbled to a defeat in the away leg. A similar result at Anfield is not an option against a Reds side who will likely not roll over like the Turks did in London.

Liverpool, being the home side this time for the first-leg. have to score somewhere somehow. probably early in the game.

H-H, 1-0.

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