Liverpool beat Chelsea 1-0 by forcing the penalty kicks and then won the shootout 4-1 on Tuesday night assuring a spot for the final on the European Champions League that is going to be held on May the 23rd in Athens, Greece.
Daniel Aggert scored at the 23rd minute for the Liverpool, and nothing else happened in the regulation time neither in the 30 minutes of overtime, forcing that to go to the penalty shootouts which the Liverpool won 4-1 with goals of Boudewijn Zenden, Xabi Alonso, Steven Gerrard and Dirk Kuyt. The goalkeeper for the Liverpool Jose Reina saved 3 kicks giving the victory to the Liverpool. Chelsea was eliminated in the semifinals by AS Monaco in 2004 and by Liverpool in 2005. "Everybody has to try to be strong, I think they have a lot of reasons to be proud of themselves," Mourinho said of his players. "They were the best team today ... In extra time we were the only team who tried to win, but football is like that and the penalty shootout is part of the game." Liverpool has won the European title five times, including a penalty-kicks victory over AC Milan two years ago after rallying from a three-goal deficit. Manchester United won in 1999 and 1968, while AC Milan has won the championship six times, the last in 2003. Liverpool is playing the final against either AC Milan or Manchester United. Manchester won the first leg last week.
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