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Man Utd 1 Chelsea 1 (aet; MU win 6-5 on pens): Terry’s cruel slip hands Cup to United on unforgettable night 

At Old Trafford they believed that for the sheer edge-of-the-seat,
heartstopping drama 1999 would never be beaten. And then at 1.35 Moscow time
this morning, suddenly we had to reassess the definition of an
extraordinary, stupendous way to win the Champions League, Manchester
United-style.

Essien knows where his loyalties lie 

For Eric Abidal, a team-mate at Lyon, he is "The Buffalo", for his Chelsea
colleagues "The Train". You might expect a hulking presence and a lot of
noise from Michael Essien, but if those nicknames aptly reflect his power
and pace on the football field, he is one of those players transformed off
it.

Blatter seeks quotas in light of English dominance 

English football’s domination of this season’s Champions League is proof that
the game needs quotas on foreign players, Fifa’s president, Sepp Blatter,
claimed yesterday.

Liverpool 1 Chelsea 1: Riise’s last-gasp howler throws Chelsea an unexpected lifeline 

Avram Grant may not yet have proved he is a good manager but last night
reinforced something about him we already knew: he is a very lucky manager.
There were 94 min, 2 sec played when this Champions League semi-final tie
was turned on its head by John Arne Riise’s own goal. It was one more goal
more than Chelsea deserved.

Arsenal draw Liverpool in Champions League 

Arsenal have been drawn against Liverpool in the quarter-finals of the
Champions League.

Milan left to mourn passing of its legends 

Milan’s 2-0 defeat by Arsenal on Tuesday night at San Siro was the end of a
cycle. Or the end of an era. Or an epoch. The Italian media couldn’t quite
agree on the time frame but the sense that this Milan team had come to the
end of something was universal. In a rare burst of English, the country’s
largest-selling sports daily, La Gazzetta dello Sport, brought the curtain
down on the team with the headline: ‘Milan – The End’.

Bolton launch complaint to UEFA over treatment of fans 

Greater Manchester Police have offered to assist in the compilation of a
report on the treatment of Bolton fans by Spanish police during the club’s
UEFA Cup game against Atletico Madrid.