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(Dirk Kuyt appeared to have been pushed by Ashley Cole)
'It's not the first time we've had decisions against us. It was the same in the Marseille game. I've seen too many things and I'd prefer not to say too much now.'
LIVERPOOL COACH RAFAEL BENITEZ
REF AND STOPPAGE TIME
(Blasting Austrian referee Konrad Plautz)
'It's hard to understand. We had 94, 95 minutes and that's difficult to explain. One minute in the first half, four in the second. It was always against us. All the free kicks and corners.'
BENITEZ
LUCK NEEDED
'Watching the team today, especially in the first 30 minutes of the second half, we were on top of them. And we will need some luck.'
LIVERPOOL SKIPPER STEVEN GERRARD
CONFIDENT AT STAMFORD BRIDGE
'Let people say Chelsea are favourites, let them. We've got to block that out and do what we've got to do. We are confident we can beat Chelsea on their patch.'
GERRARD
PENALTY CLAIM
(Jamie Carragher collided with Didier Drogba on the edge of the area, but it was clearly outside the area)
'We had chances and we should have had a penalty. Didier said it was but, hopefully, if something similar happens at Stamford Bridge, it will be given.'
CHELSEA MIDFIELDER FRANK LAMPARD
SAVIOUR PETR CECH
(He made three good saves, two late on - first tipping over a Steven Gerrard volley and then keeping out a Fernando Torres strike)
'Big Petr is the best goalkeeper in the world and he showed it. He is unlucky with injuries, but he keeps coming back even better and he showed it again. He was fantastic.'
LAMPARD
A STROKE OF LUCK
'This is a giant step. We have conceded a lot of goals in the last few minutes of games and we deserved to score one eventually. To draw 1-1 is always an advantage and the (own) goal from Riise has given us a big advantage. It is an important goal. To score like that made us very happy, but there is another game yet. Still, it is a great result.'
CHELSEA MANAGER AVRAM GRANT
ONE HAPPY CHELSEA OWNER
'Roman Abramovich was not at the game, but he will be happy. He would be happy even if the final was played in Mongolia.'
GRANT
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