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Chelsea upset Liverpool, Barcelona thrash Bayern

April 09, 2009 09:55 IST
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Defender Branislav Ivanovic headed two goals from corners and Didier Droga added the third to give Chelsea a 3-1 away win over Liverpool in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday.

Striker Fernando Torres opened the scoring at Anfield after six minutes, firing a right foot shot past Petr Cech after a low cross from full back Alvaro Arbeloa.

Chelsea's deserved equaliser came when stand-in right back Ivanovic rose above Martin Skrtel to head home Florent Malouda's corner six minutes before halftime.

Ivanovic headed in a Frank Lampard corner just past the hour to put Chelsea ahead and striker Drogba turned in Malouda's left-wing cross in the 67th minute.

Barcelona thrash Bayern

Barcelona produced a stunning display of attacking football to overwhelm Bayern Munich 4-0 in their Champions League quarter-final first leg at the Nou Camp on Wednesday.

Lionel Messi netted twice and Samuel Eto'o and Thierry Henry once each, with all the goals coming in the first half, as the Primera Liga leaders took firm control of the tie ahead of the second leg on Tuesday.

Bayern had no answer to Barca's pace and slick passing and the Catalans took the lead in the ninth minute when Eto'o slipped the ball through to Messi and he clipped a precise, low shot past Hans Joerg Butt.

Messi released Eto'o on the right of the area four minutes later to fire between Butt's legs and the Argentina international scored his second in the 38th minute before Henry side-footed home two minutes before the break.

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