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[quote=HELPSLAYER,232276]Most of those games have been tight, low-scoring wars of attrition and next week's match is likely to be just as closely-contested.

There is also likely to be no thaw in the frosty relationship between Chelsea's Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho and his Spanish counterpart Rafa Benitez.

Mourinho embarrassed himself after the match by claiming that German referee Markus Merk had denied Chelsea a nailed-on penalty, saying that Liverpool's Spanish defender Alvaro Arbeloa had handled the ball in the penalty area.

"I hope it is not a mistake like the one two years ago at Anfield," said Mourinho, referring to the disputed goal Luis Garcia scored for Liverpool and which the Portuguese coach has always said never crossed the line.

Mourinho continued: "It was a handball for sure. I hope in the second leg we are not crying about a big decision like that."

He later backed down when told the handball occurred outside the area, but Benitez could not resist the opportunity to sarcastically comment: "It must be a penalty. If Mourinho says it was a penalty, it was a penalty."

There is certainly plenty more sparring left in this tie before an eventual winner emerges to face either Manchester United or AC Milan in the final in Athens on May 23.[/quote]

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