Despite Liverpool's woeful record at Stamford Bridge, Steven Gerrard says Liverpool have the players and the belief to turnaround their Champions League semi-final in London next week.

Liverpool and Chelsea go into next Wednesday's match locked at 1-1, after John Arne Riise's 95th own-goal handed Avram Grant's men the initiative. The Liverpool captain says despite failing to win or even score at Stamford Bridge in their past four seasons, the addition of Fernando Torres and a huge sense of belief will see them through to the final in Moscow.

"We haven't gone there with Torres in our side before," Gerrard said. "We have the players and the belief. We've done it so many times, this team never knows when it is beaten. We may not have scored or won at Chelsea in four years, but we haven't been there with Fernando in the team before. Even the two games there this season, the league draw and the Carling Cup defeat, Fernando wasn't playing."

Chelsea have only been beaten at home by Barcelona in four seasons, meaning Liverpool will have to re-write recent history if they are to keep alive their dreams of reaching a third European Cup final in four seasons.

Gerrard added: "Chelsea know they will be in for a tough time next week, there may be a little more space for Fernando, and I don't hear any of their players thinking it's all over. Torres can cause any defence problems. You saw that in the first leg. He was very disappointed not to score. We've been to Inter Milan and Arsenal in this season's run and scored. So I can't see why we cannot score at Stamford Bridge. We created the better chances at Anfield and I don't recall Pepe Reina having anything to do except pick the ball out of the net.

"Cech pulled off two or three fantastic saves and we believe that even if we had come off that pitch winning 1-0, it should have been at least 2-0 or 3-0."

With Fabio Aurelio out for at least a fortnight with a recurrence of his abductor muscle injury, Riise will almost certainly have to play from the start in the second leg. But Gerrard had words of encouragement for his Norwegian team-mate, whose future at Anfield has been in doubt for some months.

Gerrard said: "John has been here a long time and done great things for this club and as captain I cannot point any fingers. But we've got to get John's head right, because he will have an important job to play next week."