Champions League
Quarter-finals 1st leg
Liverpool 3 PSV Eindhoven 0
Bayern Munich 2 AC Milan 2
Liverpool totally dominated PSV Eindhoven to win 3-0 in a one-sided Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday and virtually guarantee themselves a place in the semis against either Chelsea or Valencia.
In another first-leg quarter-final of the night, two goals by defender Daniel van Buyten, the second in stoppage-time, gave Bayern Munich a 2-2 draw against AC Milan.
Liverpool took the lead after 27 minutes when Steve Finnan broke free on the right and crossed for Steven Gerrard to power home a header which PSV goalkeeper Gomes had no chance of saving.
They doubled their lead against the injury-hit Dutch side after 49 minutes when John-Arne Riise controlled the ball on his chest before thundering in a left-foot volley from 20 metres.
They wrapped up victory on the night -- and most likely the tie -- when Peter Crouch headed home after 63 minutes for his seventh Liverpool goal in his last seven starts.
The only worry for Liverpool was an injury for Fabio Aurelio who appeared to snap his Achilles with no other player around him 15 minutes from time.
PSV coach Ronald Koeman, the first man to take three different sides to the quarter-finals after previously leading Ajax Amsterdam and Benfica to the last eight, used the same tactical plan as he did last month at home against Arsenal.
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