AnfieldRoad.com - Half-time - Chelsea 0 Liverpool 1

AnfieldRoad.com - Half-time - Chelsea 0 Liverpool 1: "John Arne Riise put Liverpool ahead after just 43 seconds, with a goal that TV coverage put at travelling at 79.5 miles per hour. Over the next 46 minutes Chelsea weren't able to trouble Liverpool too much, although there were a couple of worrying moments. Hyypia and Traore both picked up bookings, and Liverpool were also denied what looked to be a clear penalty when Gerrard was dragged down in the box.

Concentration will be key now for both teams in the second half - Liverpool have, perhaps sensibly, played quite a safety-first game since going ahead, and what is said in the dressing room could be key to the destiny of this year's Carling Cup."