Frank Lampard claimed last night that Liverpool players helped to get John Terry the yellow card which rules him out of the second leg.
Chelsea's inspirational skipper had challenged home keeper Pepe Reina in what looked like a 50-50 ball.
And Lampard suggested that Liverpool's reaction was payback for the controversial yellow card which caused Xabi Alonso to miss the second leg of the 2005 semi-final.
He said: "It's unfortunate that when he got booked all the Liverpool players ran around to make sure he did.
"I remember them moaning about Alonso being booked a few years ago and it was the reverse on Wednesday.
"But hopefully we have enough cover. Ricardo Carvalho is nearly fit and if we can go through, John will have a clean slate going into the semifinals." Lampard admits the Blues are now setting their sights on treble glory.
The titanic Champions League victory at Anfield leaves Chelsea close to the semi-finals and another showdown with Barcelona. And Lampard is convinced the performance that stunned Merseyside can have a psychological effect on Chelsea's rivals.
Lampard said: "I don't know if Barcelona will be too worried about anyone, the way they're playing. But if we can carry on playing like that we will put fear into a lot of teams.
"Who knows what can happen in the league, FA Cup and the Champions League? Everything is still up for grabs.
"Even though we're still behind in the league, it's important we keep the standards we set at Liverpool.
"When we play to those standards, when we look at the strength we have throughout the pitch, we're as good as anybody.
"We've just got to play to that standard all the time. We have been doing that in recent weeks and at Liverpool we did everything right except maybe get an two extra goals."
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