Latest: Chelsea 0 Liverpool 0 (Agg: 1-1) – Blues on top at the Bridge

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Chelsea had the upper hand in the early stages of the Capital One Cup semi-final second leg at Stamford Bridge.

With the tie finely poised after a 1-1 draw at Anfield in the first leg, Chelsea looked menacing during a frenetic start and might have been awarded a penalty in the opening five minutes.

Diego Costa got the better of Mamadou Sakho on the right-hand side and picked out Willian, whose shot was blocked by Lucas with the ball hitting the Liverpool man’s hand as he threw himself in the way.

At the other end, Raheem Sterling scampered towards goal after Kurt Zouma had misjudged a long ball, but the centre-back recovered to tackle him after Sterling had gone past Chelsea skipper John Terry.

With Terry back in the side after being rested for Saturday’s FA Cup debacle against Bradford, Blues boss Jose Mourinho made a bold decision by retaining youngster Zouma and instead dropping Gary Cahill to the bench.

Eden Hazard’s away goal means a 0-0 draw would take Chelsea to Wembley to face Tottenham or Sheffield United in the final – but only if that were to remain the scoreline after extra time.

Chelsea: Courtois; Ivanovic, Zouma, Terry, Filipe Luis; Matic, Fabregas; Willian, Oscar, Hazard; Costa.
Subs: Cech, Azpilicueta, Cahill, Ake, Ramires, Remy, Drogba.

Liverpool: Mignolet, Can, Skrtel, Sakho, Lucas, Henderson, Moreno, Markovic, Gerrard, Coutinho, Sterling.
Subs: Ward, Johnson, Lovren, Lambert, Lallana, Allen, Balotelli.

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