Liverpool beat again Chelsea at Stamford Bridge and are Carling Cup semifinalists.

Liverpool reached the semi finals, when beating Chelsea again at Stamford Bridge with 2-0. Both teams met in a match for the Premier League and Liverpool won with 2-1. This time the managers started their formations with many young player, thus allowing them to play this season, and giving them opportunity to show up. The match started with a slight territorial advantage for Chelsea, but Liverpool had no problems in defense. I the 7th minute Enrique crossed to Carrol who fell to the ground, and there were hesitations about a penalty but the referee gave none. However, in the 21st minute in a similar case Liverpool received a penalty and Carrol was there to take it. He took a powerful shot but Turnbull saved it and eventually Chelsea were still in the game. In the last moments of the first half Lukaku made a powerful and decent shot, which made Reina helpless but the ball went wide, and the two teams went at the brake 0-0. The second half started and Chelsea were the slightly better team. in the 55th minute Lampard almost scored a goal from 27 meters, and hit the bar, after which Luiz tried with a header but his shot was deflected and went into corner. Chelsea were attacking, but that oppened much field for Liverpool counter attacks and in one of them in the 58th minute, Bellami was through and gave the ball to Maxi who just scored from 3 meters and took the Reds in front.
The shock was full for Chelsea when in the 63rd minute Bellami crossed from a free-kick and the defender Martin Kelly scored his first goal for Liverpool and made the result 2-0. Chelsea tried to push and in the 73rd minute Anelka had a good opportunity to score, but Reina and Carragher managed to stop the striker's two attempts for a goal. Till the end of the match Chelsea attacked but their attacks were unsuccessful and soon the final whistle blew, officially qualifying Liverpool for the semi finals at Carling Cup. Liverpool will face Manchester City, which defeated Arsenal at Emirates Stadium with 1-0. The other semi final will be between Cardiff City and Crystal Palace.