Chelsea interim manager Rafael Benítez's run-ins with Stamford Bridge club during time as Liverpool manager Gerrard, a Chelsea transfer target at the time, was later lauded by Chelsea fans for scoring his first goal for his 'new club'. The Londoners went on to score two goals in extra time to lift the trophy. Champions League semi-final: Liverpool 1 Chelsea 0 Anfield: May 3, 2005 Of all the games in Liverpool's long history of European football the second leg of the Champions League final at Anfield ranks up there with the visits of Inter Milan and Saint Etienne in 1965 and 1977 respectively. Following an obdurate performance at Stamford Bridge where the Liverpool defence worked tirelessly to deny Chelsea a goal, Anfield awaited the new league champions. The Liverpool supporters had to wait just three minutes before Luis García broke the deadlock with his controversial goal that was later descrobed by Mourinho as a "ghost goal" before later claiming that "the best team lost" Benítez, meanwhile, praised the Liverpool supporters saying: "our fans don't need plastic flags" after the Londoners' handed out plastic flags to their fans in the first leg. FA Cup semi-final: Chelsea 1 Liverpool 2 Old Trafford: April 22, 2006 After failing to beat Chelsea in their previous four meetings that season, Benítez's Liverpool met Chelsea for a 10th time in two seasons in the 2006 FA Cup semi-final at Old Trafford. It was, once again, Riise who scored first before García grabbed a second with a superb strike from outside the box to beat Carlo Cudicini and end Chelsea's hopes of a league and Cup double. Champions League semi-final: Liverpool 1 Chelsea 0 Anfield: May 1, 2007 With Chelsea desperate to reach their first European Cup final all that stood in their way was Benítez's Liverpool. After winning the first leg at Stamford Bridge 1-0 through Joe Cole the Londoners headed to Anfield in buoyant mood. Chelsea's bubble, though, was burst after 22 minutes when Daniel Agger coolly slotted the ball past Petr Cech from a clever Gerrard free-kick. Once again it was Benítez's side who prevailed after they won a penalty shoot-out 4-1 to deny Chelsea and owner Roman Abramovich a place in the final of Europe's biggest club competition. During the shoot-out Benítez appeared the picture of serenity as he sat Buddha-like on the Anfield turf.