Liverpool topple Arsenal

Liverpool beat Arsenal 4-2 in a classic Champions League battle at Anfield to reach the semi-finals for the third time in four seasons.

Liverpool won 5-3 on aggregate with Steven Gerrard scoring an 85th-minute penalty a minute after Emmanuel Adebayor had scored to put Arsenal level at 2-2 and ahead on away goals.

Arsenal took the lead through Adebayor after 13 minutes but Liverpool fought back with goals from Sami Hyypia after 30 minutes and Fernando Torres in the 69th.

Substitute Ryan Babel sealed the win with a stoppage time goal.

Goals from Michael Ballack and Frank Lampard helped Chelsea to reach the semi-finals for the fourth time in five years.

Trailing 2-1 to Turkish side Fenerbahce from the first leg in Istanbul, Chelsea fought back to clinch a semi-final tie against Liverpool.

It will be the third time in four years the English pair have met in the last four of the competition.

Avram Grant's side should have won this return leg by a much bigger margin but their victory was marred by an injury to goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini.

It plunged Chelsea's goalkeeping crisis to a new low as first-choice keeper Petr Cech is out for at least two weeks after undergoing facial surgery.

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