Sign up to The Irish Times Archive (1859 - 2008)My Account »

Thu 04 Apr 2007Cole carves out Chelsea edgeSOCCER/Chelsea 1 Liverpool 0:It was a match to make grudges respectable. While Chelsea are out to avenge the loss to Liverpool in the Champions League semi-final two years ago, they were measured throughout a victory that makes them favourites to take their place in Athens on May 23rd. The Stamford Bridge side played cunningly on the break in a first half that might have settled the entire tie.Liverpool survived that and maintained urgency, but they were less polished and the evening closed with Chelsea in command.