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But if a tug on Henry's shirt when he's already falling over and the ball has already run past him is a penalty, then the Malouda and Drogba ones were stonewall penalties. So it was 3 - 1 in penalty shouts at least, not even counting the Eto'o handball....

Football fans are just incredible sometimes. If Villa got robbed in a champions league semi final by an inept referee, then we'd all be going mad. If our players then chased the referee and called him a cheat in the media, we'd all be saying 'well said, they're right' But because it's Chelsea, we forget about the emotion of the game and how you feel after certain incidents. Dublin called Savage a cheat and everybody agreed, even though Savage hadn't really done anything wrong for once....and that match was nothing compared to a champions league semi final.

I think we all agree that if Chelsea kept a clean sheet they'd be in the final. Of all the people to mess up it was Michael Essien, nobody could have predicted that.

You can't see the case, because you're not looking at the right thing. It's not the pull on the shirt, it's when he puts his left leg across Drogba and trips him.

I'm not a Chelsea fan That wasn't a penalty last week, Henry was already falling over and the ball had run away from him, even he didn't appeal. The first leg was even in terms of chances. The second leg was a landslide in Chelsea's favour.

I think they might have had a chance of scoring 1 of the 4 penalties. A game over 1 is more likely to be cagey. Why would you risk attacking Barca when you've seen how it's quite easy to shut them down with men behind the ball and then catch them on the counter?

Just like your semi finals with Barca last year.....? The 2nd leg of last years semi was a very entertaining, nerve-destroying, edge-of-your-seat game of football. Both sides played well and it was fun to watch. The first leg was a bit dull but the point is, a final is played over one leg, not two. Both sides HAVE to attack and get forward, which means both sides will be left open at the back, which means we will see some amazingly fast paced attack-counterattack football. So the first leg was dull and the 2nd leg was a very entertaining, nerve destroying, edge of your seat game of football? Sounds exactly like Chelsea - Barcelona this year. Why do both sides have to attack? Finals are normally cagey affairs.

2nd in the league last year, runners up in the champions league last year and beaten semi finalists this year, having the better of their semi final in the process. Pretty good credentials...

You played the exact same way against them last season. You just didn't create half the chances that Chelsea did and you got a penalty when you deserved it.

Just like your semi finals with Barca last year.....?

Liverpool won the champions league and finished 5th in the league, so were they best team in europe? Liverpool are the exception to the rule ;-) Apart from Milan of course who won the champions league and finished 4th in serie A....

Puyol and Henry were there in the first leg and they never won?

Liverpool won the champions league and finished 5th in the league, so were they best team in europe?

That's statistically. My opinion is that Chelsea are the 2nd best team in europe.

Man Utd are the best team in europe. I think the 2nd best team in europe lost tonight. Second best team in Europe are third in the English League? Thats quite something. Chelsea under Hiddink = 2nd best team in europe. Chelsea under Scolari = also rans. Remind me who they had for the bulk of the season?