DON'T BLOW IT NOW; Guus Lays Down Law: 'History Tells Us If We Take Reds for Granted We're in Big Trouble'
Byline: MARTIN LIPTON
GUUS HIDDINK last night laid down the law for his Chelsea side as he told them: "You must NEVER underestimate Liverpool."
Chelsea run out against Rafa Benitez's Reds as odds-on favourites to complete their passage to a fifth Champions League semi-final in six years after their Anfield masterclass.
Champions League history makes even grimmer reading for the Merseysiders, with 24 of the 25 sides who have lost the home first leg in the competition having been eliminated.
Yet, as Hiddink ordered his men to go for the jugular again and not give Liverpool even a glimmer of hope of a momentous comeback, the Dutchman admitted …
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Article title: DON'T BLOW IT NOW; Guus Lays Down Law: 'History Tells Us If We Take Reds for Granted We're in Big Trouble'.
Contributors: Not available.
Newspaper title: The Mirror (London, England).
Publication date: April 14, 2009.
Page number: 60.
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