A Frank Lampard penalty and a double from Didier Drogba secured Chelsea a spot in the first all-English Champions League final after an extra-time win over Liverpool.
Didier Drogba gave Chelsea a first half lead from a tight angle after Salomon Kalou's shot was saved by Pepe Reina.
Fernando Torres finished calmly to take the tie into extra-time and it looked like penalties could decide the tie for the second year in a row.
Michael Essien thought he had won the tie early in extra-time, but the assistant referee adjudged Chelsea players standing in an offside position to be obstructing Reina's view.
But just seconds later Sami Hyypia brought down Michael Ballack in the box and referee Roberto Rosetti pointed to the spot.
Ballack, who scored a penalty to beat final opponents Manchester United at the weekend, left the spot-kick to Frank Lampard.
The England international fired home an unstoppable penalty before an emotional celebration, kissing the black armband he was wearing in honour of his mother who died last week.
Drogba added a third before Petr Cech could only palm a long range Babel strike into the top corner to set up a tense finish.
But the night belonged to Chelsea and Lampard, who go on to face United in the final in Moscow on the 21st May.
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