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Fergie: "We're at home and tactically we'll be much the same as the first game. Chelsea may change a bit but we can cope with that. I hope the team steps forward and produces a typical United performance. I guess I thought Drogba may have started but I'm not surprised that Torres has been picked. They've got a lot of good players."

CA: "You'll have to watch the game to work out if we're going to play with a 4-3-3 formation. If possible we have to control the game by controlling the possession. I picked Fernando up front because we want to play with a certain shape. The key is to win. We have to play 90 minutes at our best."

What was Carlo's surprise in the end?

Wouldn't half mind seeing this tonight:

United team: Van der sar, O' Shea, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Nani, Carrick, Park, Giggs, Rooney, Hernandez. United subs: Kuzszcak, Brown, Smalling, Scholes, Gibson, Valencia, Berbatov.

OFFICIAL TWITTER: Cech, Ivanovic, Alex, Terry, Cole, Ramires, Essien, Lampard, Malouda, Anelka, Torres. Subs are: Turnbull, Benayoun, Drogba, Mikel, Zhirkov, Ferreira, Kalou.

FourFourTwo have also confirmed this line-up: Cech, Ivanovic, Terry, Alex, Cole, Ramires, Lampard, Essien, Malouda, Torres, Anelka.

Cech, Ivanovic, Alex, Terry, Cole, Ramires, Essien, Lampard, Anelka, Torres, Malouda. Source: thechels.org Twitter.

Drogba's only scored twice against United, remember. It's a big call nonetheless. Ramires, Mikel, Torres and Zhirkov will miss the semi final first leg if booked tonight. Alex starts.

Henry Winter says Drogba's on the bench.

Mirror: "Only Chelsea team news we have so far is Drogba on bench, Torres starts. Hopefully (for Chelsea fans) a return to 4-3-3." Also, United team: Van der Sar; O'Shea, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Nani, Carrick, Park, Giggs, Hernandez, Rooney. Rumour that Drogba is benched.

Don't care how plays, scores or whatever as long as we win.

^ Yes please - especially a Nando goal! :)

Let's make every year count.

Don't like the white collar, really.

These will probably get taken down pretty soon.

This is the only Torres penalty for Liverpool I can find - against Portsmouth in the Asia Trophy:

Fergie has said we're obsessed with the CL - and I completely agree with him: http://news.bbc.co.u...ll/13040604.stm Yeah, and Torres never takes penalties anyway.

JT to win it. Nah - Lampard and Drogba to take the first two, not sure about who else though.

Slightly off topic, but are Anelka and Ancelotti the only Chelsea players/staff to win the CL?

Not confident at all, but the winner will have a relatively easy semi against Schalke, with the second leg at home. Hope we can go to Wembley, and an early goal will be important. I'd love a controversial last minute winner from Torres, as he goes mad in front of the United fans singing "que sera sera"...

Negativity before the United match - surprise, surprise.

Win this and we're going to Wembley...

Loved seeing Torres slap Al Habsi in the face just before Malouda poked it in:

He certainly seems to be getting closer and closer.