Top 5 all-English Champions League ties

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Ronaldo single-handedly destroyed Arsenal

#1 Liverpool 1-0 Chelsea (Agg 1-0), Semifinal 2nd leg 2004/05

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Garcia's ghost goal settled it for Liverpool

This was one of the tensest and controversial Champions League games of all time.

Chelsea were visiting Anfield already crowned Premier League champions and Jose Mourinho had his eyes set on becoming the first ever manager to win consecutive Champions Leagues with different sides. He wasn’t ready for what would happen next, though.

His Chelsea side had already been held to a 0-0 by Liverpool in the first leg and were finding it difficult to break the Anfield side down.

Then, in just the third minute of the tie, Petr Cech raced off his line to bring down Milan Baros. The game continued and Luis Garcia snuck in to score one of the most controversial goals of all-time.

The ball looked as if it didn’t cross the line and William Gallas had cleared the ball just in time, but the now infamous ‘ghost goal’ was given and Liverpool took the lead.

Anfield was holding their breath and with just seconds left on the clock, Damien Duff flashed a shot across goal which narrowly missed the far corner and stayed off target.

The full-time whistle blew and Anfield erupted. Liverpool became the first English side to reach a Champions League final since Manchester United in 1999 and their first European cup final since 1984.

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Edited by Amit Mishra
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