Love the way Scousers bang on about "history" with no trace of irony. This is a team that haven't won the league in 18 years. If you look back past the "goal that wasn't" 2005 CL win you need to go the best part of 25 years before they last won it - before most of their current support was born!

jarvis, london, uk

Chelsea seem to suddenly hate Liverpool. I'm all for football rivalries but they are usually based on a historical or geographical reason.

Chelsea's dislike of Liverpool is only because we've beaten them twice in a comp they feel they have a right to win. Talk about school playground. Grow up Blues

leo moynihan, London,

I sense a certain amount of clutching at straws Mr Smith!! We are a better (albeit underacheiving) team than anyone gives us credit for! But hey, that suits us.

Now then, how did we knock Inter out this season... oh yes... beating them at home first, and then beating them away!

GLS, Liverpool,

Liverpool make a mockery of the CHAMPIONS league having not thought about winning the league for years. Chelsea have not 'bought' the league any more than Man Utd have and any more than Liverpool would desperately love to do.
With any luck the referee will not decide the outcome of the game (as previously and as against Arsenal) and Liverpool's mediocrity (Torres and Gerrard apart) will be exposed. Let's also pray we stop hearing about Liverpool's '12th man', ooh they're so passionate. Get stuffed, the only thing special about Liverpool is an ability to influence referees and be content with a relatively pathetic showing in the league, which really is the competition that matters.

Dave, Nottingham, UK

His armband said he was a red, Torres!! Torres!!

You'll Never Walk Alone it said, Torres!! Torres!!

Came across from sunny Spain, gets the ball and scores again

Fer-nan-do Tor-res Liverpool's Number 9..

Nah-nah nah-nah nah-nah nah-nah Torres! Torres!

Nah-nah nah-nah nah-nah nah-nah Torres! Torres!

Cant buy history boys.. Most decorated English club in History and we've not won a Prem title for years!!!
Sweat it out tonight, you'll get as warm a welcome as always

Sam, Liverpool,

Every day is not sunday,Looserpool !! Before talking about others,first look at yourself.This time we make you taste the dust! I will write again in this column tomorrow when the result will be out.But be afraid,very very afraid from us.

kamal, kathmandu, Nepal

laugh all u can, boys!!! go on...laugh u buncha historians who keeps on dwelling on ur over rated pasts!!! i'd luv to see if u can afford a smile after the 2nd leg in two weeks time.... :-)

izzy mourinho, singapore, singapore

Poor Guy....sounds sour grapes all the way. its articles like this from the CSKA London fellas that really encourages you to perform well. I guess the Champions League was more of a priority to your Chelski team than anyone. And whats this with third championship in four years. Virtually you bought them all. None of you trophy winning season will even get mentioned in a small degree in the footballing folklore(or maybe it will when people think of the Machiavelli of football). Go find a way to build a footballing culture (maybe you even wanna buy that).

Dudley, Tel Aviv,

Nice try Giles, but what matters is what people want to matter and one million people lining the streets of Liverpool in 2005 showed how much this comp mattered to them. Fergusen would be sitting in an old people's home sipping brandy and watching the horses if winning this one again hadn't mattered so much to him.

If Livepool win the Champion's League they will have played either all three of the top teams in England (twice) or two of them and Barcelona, the Italian champion's (twice) and the portugese champions (twice). To me that's more impressive - and certainly much more entertaining to follow - than being consistent at nicking 1-0 wins against Bolton, Potrsmouth, Sunderland etc. Don't get me wrong I'd love for Liverpool to win the league again, but only because it has been so long since they did so. On balance all things being equal, give me the emotion of a big European win any time.

Dave Willims, Beijing, China

You're having a laugh.

Chelsea will not qualify for the Final!!!

Alan Ferguson, Edinburgh, Scotland