Liverpool has crushed Chelsea's UEFA Champions League dream

Liverpool 1-0 Chelsea (Agg: 1-1)

Liverpool win 4-1 on penalties

Liverpool
booked their place in the Champions League final with a dramatic
penalty shoot-out win in the semi-final second leg at Anfield.

Dirk Kuyt scored the crucial spot-kick to clinch a 4-1 win after Arjen Robben and Geremi missed for the Blues.

Daniel
Agger cancelled out Chelsea's first-leg lead with a crisp first-time
finish from Steven Gerrard's superbly disguised left-wing free-kick.

Kuyt also rattled the bar with a fine header after the break.

Liverpool

Within
seconds it became clear both teams were happy to go long. Liverpool
looked to feed off Peter Crouch and Chelsea were eager to get the ball
to Drogba and use the pace of Salomon Kalou on the break.

But
after a promising opening first five minutes from the visitors, it was
Liverpool who settled and started to get on top in a scrappy match.

Liverpool they scored from the first good chance of the night.

Joe
Cole fouled Gerrard on the left flank and with everyone expecting the
Reds skipper to whip in a cross towards the far post, he slid the ball
across the box to Agger who slammed it home first time into the bottom
corner.

With the scores level on aggregate, Liverpool stepped off the pace a little and Chelsea began to look lively.

Reina
was forced into a decent save from Drogba, who stood firm to beat away
the striker's fiercely struck shot following Mikel's through-ball.

Chelsea,
playing in their third Champions League semi-final in four years almost
went ahead just before the break when Essien almost diverted a Drogba
header in from a Frank Lampard corner.

Liverpool had three excellent chances to double their lead after the break.

Jermaine
Pennant wriggled his way free on the right and crossed to Crouch but
his downward far-post header was kicked away by Cech and John Terry
completed the clearance.

And within five minutes Liverpool went even clo