Liverpool vs Chelsea. Jul 2020, 20:15 Referee Andre Marriner, England Avg.

Marcel Desailly

Emile Heskey Overspending on the likes of William Gallas, Emmanuel Petit, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Winston Bogarde and others in the preceding years is a gamble that hasn't paid off. El Hadji Diouf

Frank Lampard Gerard Houllier takes the expensive squad handed to him and finishes second - there was no toppling the Arsenal's Invincibles. Liverpool have not started a new year in the Premier …

Frank Lampard Stéphane Henchoz
It has long been said that the Russian billionaire decided to buy a football club after attending Manchester United's thrilling 4-3 win over Real Madrid just weeks earlier and being totally in awe of what he experienced.If the Champions League was so important to Abramovich's choice to try his hand at football - his managerial hiring and firings over the years have certainly indicated that the competition is what drives him - would he have gone ahead and bought Chelsea if they had lost their 'all or nothing' game with Liverpool?Interestingly, if Liverpool had beaten Chelsea that day, it would have been them who claimed the final qualifying place.

Djimi Traore

There were external pressures at play behind the scenes at …

William Gallas

Try as they might, Chelsea just cannot get the breakthrough they need and at the death, Michael Owen pounces to take the three points and fourth spot for the Merseysiders.In this alternate reality, just a few weeks later, looking to make good on his intention of buying a Premier League football club, Roman Abramovich considers Chelsea. Mario Melchiot

The hosts, a point ahead of the Reds, needed only a draw to secure fourth place and a ticket to the final qualifying round of the 2003/04 campaign.

Gianfranco Zola

John Arne Riise

Well, perhaps a slipping Dane could let you know. Premier League. With the obvious ambition at Anfield, the history, and the transfer budget available, he instantly accepts the job.At Chelsea, meanwhile, 2003/04 was a struggle.

Carlton Cole The Frenchman made stellar progress in the Champions League, too, reaching the semi-finals.



The hosts, a point ahead of the Reds, needed only a draw to secure fourth place and a ticket to the final qualifying round of the 2003/04 campaign. Six of Chelsea's last eight Premier League wins against Liverpool have come under Jose Mourinho. Joe Cole

Patrik Berger Ever wandered what so much of Chelsea's recent success may well have depended upon?
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Many of the others left over from the 2002/03 campaign are old and have little value anymore.

Jerzy Dudek

Man Utd

vs Chelsea. Glen Johnson Danny Murphy Between 2005 and 2006 the few remaining saleable assets move on - Gallas, Boudewijn Zenden and Eidur Gudjohnsen. Emile Heskey

Eidur Gudjohnsen

Patrice Luzi 1 - 2 Did a goal from Jesper Gronkjaer - an average player now forgotten by most - change the course of football history forever?11th May 2003 - Gronkjaer's 26th minute strike agonisingly comes back off the inside off the post and bounces clear.

Graeme Le Saux

Norwich

Bruno Cheyrou ... Sun 11 May 2003 …



BROUGHT TO YOU BY Liverpool Unfortunately, it wasn't enough for Abramovich and Houllier is axed in the summer. Celestine Babayaro

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