Quiz! Can you name the Chelsea line-up from the game against Liverpool in 2005?

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It will forever be known for Luis Garcia's ghost goal – but we're looking for the men in blue that night

Jose Mourinho the manager of Chelsea and Rafael Benitez the manager of Liverpool shout instructions to their players during the Champions League semi final second leg match between Liverpool and Chelsea at Anfield on May 3, 2005 in Liverpool, England.

Rafael Benitez arrived at Liverpool 20 years ago

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"Mourinho is still seething," Luis Garcia told FourFourTwo in 2017. "After that semi-final he came up to me and wished me luck for the final. He’ll always deny my goal, but if I was him I’d do the same."

We'll be honest with you – 18 years on this year, that's the defining memory of the Champions League semi-final second-leg between Chelsea and Liverpool. Well, it's the defining memory of either leg. That and a lot of the Blues trying to break down the Reds.

But to no avail. This was around the time that these two teams made the duopoly of the Premier League into a Big Four, when Jose and Rafa joined the party and Steven Gerrard came so close to moving to Stamford Bridge.

Liverpool went through to the final – and the 11 Chelsea stars of that day could have done no more. Whether the ball crossed the line or not…

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Mark White
Mark White
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Mark White is the Digital Content Editor at FourFourTwo. During his time on the brand, Mark has written three cover features on Mikel Arteta, Martin Odegaard and the Invincibles, and has written pieces on subjects ranging from Sir Bobby Robson’s time at Barcelona to the career of Robinho. An encyclopedia of football trivia and collector of shirts, he first joined the team back in 2020 as a staff writer.