Chelsea v Liverpool Player Ratings

PETR CECH 6: Hardly anything to do, but then reacted brilliantly to deny Gerrard.

PAULO FERREIRA 6: Took chance to restore faded reputation against the ineffective Zenden.

RICARDO CARVALHO 6: Easy to shine alongside the dominant Terry. Coped well enough.

JOHN TERRY 7: Making amends for 2005 means everything to the skipper, and you could tell.

ASHLEY COLE 7: Quick, sharp, clever and put Gerrard off a close-range headed chance.

CLAUDE MAKELELE 6: Did his usual tidying-up job with the customary efficiency.

JOE COLE 8: Goals are so scarce in this fixture that his winner earns him man of the match.

MIKEL JOHN OBI 7: Even Alonso's studs hitting his groin could not break Mikel's assured stride.

FRANK LAMPARD 7: Wasted gilt-edged early chance, then went close from a free-kick.

ANDRIY SHEVCHENKO 6: Should have added to his 46-goal Champions League tally.

DIDIER DROGBA 7: Carragher did not like his play-acting, but he was a constant threat.

LIVERPOOL

JOSE REINA 6: Happy knack for crucial saves, shown by a point-blank first-half stop.

ALVARO ARBELOA 6: Little grace or style, but developing into a shrewd Benitez buy.

JAMIE CARRAGHER 7: With Agger struggling, he held the defence together.

DANIEL AGGER 5: Failed to stop Drogba laying on the goal in a hesitant display.

JOHN ARNE RIISE 5: Too casual with back pass which nearly led to earlier Chelsea goal.

STEVEN GERRARD 6: Spent most of the match berating team-mates. Not at his best.

XABI ALONSO 5: His team's only European ever-present this season found it hard going.

JAVIER MASCHERANO 5: As anonymous as he was in his days at West Ham.

BOLO ZENDEN 5: Received a Gerrard glare for ignoring his skipper and blazing wide.

DIRK KUYT 6: Work-rate is one thing, but an end product would have been handy.

CRAIG BELLAMY 5: Pace should have been a weapon on the break, but never showed it.