Chelsea and Liverpool to clash in Champions League
Published: 20 March, 2009, 15:33
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TAGS: Sport, Champions League, Football
Chelsea, the team of Russia coach Guus Hiddink, will face Liverpool in an all-English derby in the Champions League quarter-finals.
The draw was held at UEFA's headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, on Friday.
Defending champions Manchester United, who beat Chelsea in last year’s Moscow final, will play Portuguese side, Porto.
Another English team, Arsenal, will go up against Spanish side Villarreal while FC Barcelona will taken on Germany's Bayern Munich.
The first leg of the quarter-finals is scheduled for April 7 and 8 and the second for April 14 and 15.
The semi-final draw was also held on Friday. The best team in the Chelsea-Liverpool clash will face either Barcelona or Bayern Munich. And the winners of the Man Utd-Porto and Arsenal-Villarreal duels will form another semi-final couple.
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