Petr Cech believes Chelsea are in a commanding position at the halfway stage of their UEFA Champions League semi-final with Liverpool.Chelsea beat their Premiership rivals 1-0 at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday and Cech is confident his side can finish the job at Anfield next week.
"Although we are only halfway, the situation is very good for us," Cech said on his personal website.
"In the first half we mainly played great football, we controlled the game.
"It was a pity that we did not add another goal, because 2-0 would have been an ideal result, but 1-0 is a very good result for the second leg."Cech was largely untroubled by Liverpool's strikers, but had to produce an excellent one-handed save from Steven Gerrard to protect Chelsea's advantage.
"I did not see the shot much, it flew closely around John Terry's head and I saw it very late," he recalled.
"Fortunately, I managed to react quickly. I stretched myself as much as I could and with the tips of my fingers blocked it outside the goal.
"It really was saved with my fingertips, with the last knuckle-bones."
Cech also admitted it was a relief to see Chelsea score for the first time in five Champions League matches against Liverpool.
"When we scored I recalled it and I thought that eventually it would not be the same situation like it had been in the previous games as it had been usually 0-0.
"It is good that we scored."
By:Vasek Kadlec
Date:26 Apr 2007
Credit:www.skysports.com
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