Football, UEFA Champions League, Chelsea and Barcelona in semi-finals

Chelsea booked a Champions League semi-final with Barcelona after an incredible 4:4 draw with Liverpool saw them edge through 7:5 on aggregate.

Guus Hiddink's side: 3:1 winners from the first leg - found themselves 2:0 down at the interval after goals by Fabio Aurelio and Xabi Alonso looked like setting Rafa Benitez's side on their way to another stunning European comeback.

Drogba, Alex and Frank Lampard then turned the match on its head as the Londoners claimed a 3:2 lead to seemingly make sure of a semi-final spot.

Amazingly, Liverpool weren't done and two goals in a minute from Lucas and Dirk Kuyt put them 4:3 ahead on the night and once again one goal away from the impossible. However, Lampard's sweetly-struck second made it 4:4 on the night and booked their date with favourites Barcelona.

Barcelona played draw with Bayern Munich 1:1, and victory in Spain last week has already secured passage continues, the overall result of 5:1.

Franck Ribery gave Bayern the lead in the 47th minute, but Barca hit back with Seydou Keita's drive restoring parity in the 73rd minute.

It was always going to take a miracle for Bayern to overturn the substantial 4:0 deficit in front of their own fans at the Allianz Arena and, as expected, it proved to be a bridge too far for the Bundesliga side.

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