Grant eyes Moscow final as Benitez bemoans bad luck

By Jeremy Butler

LIVERPOOL (Reuters) - John Arne Riise's late own goal at Anfield on Tuesday has helped Chelsea take a major step towards the Champions League final, coach Avram Grant said.

The Liverpool substitute's intervention, coming in the fifth minute of injury time, earned Chelsea a 1-1 draw and handed the London side a slight advantage ahead of next Wednesday's second leg at Stamford Bridge.

Until then Liverpool had looked set to finish the Anfield encounter with a slender advantage through Dirk Kuyt's 43rd-minute opener.

"We want to be in the final. We took a big step today," Grant told reporters.

"Drawing 1-1 away from home is always a good advantage. It will be tough in the second game though. It was a good goal for us. It gave us an advantage for the second game because it is at our home.

"I hope it's a goal that at the end of the day will be an important goal."

Both goals came as a result of errors with Frank Lampard caught in possession in the build-up to Kuyt's goal and Riise heading a dipping Salomon Kalou cross into his own net.

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