Fernando Torres scored a last-gasp brace as Liverpool beat 10-man Chelsea 2-0 at Anfield to keep up the pressure on Manchester United at the top.
After a goalless first period, Frank Lampard was controversially sent off in the 60th minute after going in for a challenge against Xabi Alonso, but the replay showed he got the ball.
Alonso then had an effort deflected by Alex onto the crossbar before Torres scored an 89th minute header from a Fabio Aurelio cross.
He then scored with a tap-in deep into injury-time after latching onto a loose ball from an Ashley Cole error to help the Reds close the gap on leaders United to two points, having played a game more.
Liverpool made three changes from the side which drew at Wigan in midweek, with Albert Riera, Dirk Kuyt and Alonso returning in place of Yossi Benayoun, Ryan Babel and Lucas.
Striker Robbie Keane was omitted from the 18-man squad, with teenage striker David Ngog on the bench.
Keane did not attend Anfield the last time he was left out of a squad, but was all smiles going into the home dressing room this time, and sat in the directors' box later.
But suggestions that he is on his way out of the club cannot be discounted and there was plenty of interest in the other goings-on in the stands before the game, with co-owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks sitting well apart in the front row of the directors' box.
The pair will be re-opening talks with Rafa Benitez over his new contract and attend a board meeting together on Monday.
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