Chelsea's CL Quarter-Finals 1st Leg

"Liverpool have fallen to Chelsea 3-1 at Anfield, thanks to an Ivanovic brace and a Drogba nail to the coffin!"

This is the headline shown on ESPNstar.com as the Champions League night comes to a close. It was a great night as many believed Liverpool in its current form, trashing Real Madrid and Manchester United along the way would be the favourites playing at home today. As Chelsea has also lost 2 league matches to Liverpool this season, it looked all the more likely that the Reds would ease pass the Blues.

However, the match played out was a different story altogether. Although Liverpool started off well with a Torres goal just 6 minutes into the match, Chelsea settled down and looked the better team throughout the 90 minutes played. Chelsea's unlikely hero, Branislav Ivanovic, a Serbian defender, scored a brace from two corners and "The Drog" then put the icing on the cake as Liverpool wondered how on earth did they get hammered at Anfield.

Ivanovic scores his first Chelsea goal...

...and claims his second in similar style

Didier Drogba's excellent performance is rewarded with a goal

With the 3-1 away scoreline to take back to Stamford Bridge for the 2nd leg, Chelsea looked to have set a foot into the semi-finals and it would be a mountain of a task if Liverpool would want to advance to the next stage.

The likely opposition for the winners of this match-up will be mighty Barcelona who trashed the wanting Bayern Munich with a 4-0 half time and full time scoreline at home. so Chelsea versus Barcelona in the semis?

Lionel Messi and Barca destroys Bayern

(Photos courtesy of eufa.com)