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Article: Champions League: Grants leads Chelsea into final with extra time win over Liverpool
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- April 30, 2008
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Avram Grant has done what Jose Mourinho never managed to accomplish with Chelsea _ put the London club into the Champions League final.
The Blues held on to beat Liverpool 3-2 in extra time Wednesday in the second leg of the Champions League semifinals, and their 4-3 aggregate win sent them to the final on May 21 in Moscow, where they will face Manchester United.
Frank Lampard, playing for the first time since his mother died of pneumonia on Thursday, scored from the penalty spot in the 98th minute and Didier Drogba added his second goal of the night in the 105th.
"What a character Lamps is to come in on Sunday and train and try and block out what has been a ...