Liverpool go into next Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final second-leg with Arsenal as favourites after a 1-1 draw at the Emirates tonight.
It was a cagey start to the match with Arsenal probably edging it. The Gunners broke the deadlock mid-way through the first-half when Emmanuel Adebayor headed home to bring the Emirates crowd to it's feet.
Liverpool fought back strongly and equalised soon after when Steve Gerrard played a dangerous ball across the box to see the ball go flying into the net from the outstretched foot of Dirk Kuyt.
The second-half saw Arsenal press and they were unlucky not to be awarded a penalty mid-way through the second-half when Alexander Hleb appeared to be tugged down by Dirk Kuyt in the Liverpool box.
Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas was denied a goal soon after by one of his own players. Niklas Bendtner getting in the way of a goal bound shot by the Spaniard. I personally felt Arsenal deserved the victory and I can see them paying for all the missed opportunities when they go to Anfield next week.
Elsewhere Chelsea slipped up away from home at the hands of Fenerbahce. Chelsea took the lead after just 15 minutes when Florent Malouda's shot was deflected in by Deivid. Former Sheffield United man Colin Kazim Richards scored the equaliser for the home team with a superb left-footed volley.
Deived went from zero to hero near the end when he drilled home a beautiful right-footed shot from all of 25-yards. Poor result for Chelsea, although I can see them overcoming the Turkish side in the second-leg at Stamford Bridge.
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