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London — Frank Lampard scored a penalty in extra time Wednesday and Didier Drogba later added his second goal of the night to send Chelsea to its first Champions League final with a 3-2 win over Liverpool in the second leg of the semi-finals.
Lampard, playing for the first time since his mother died of pneumonia on Thursday, beat Pepe Reina with his penalty in the 98th minute after Sami Hyypia had brought down Michael Ballack in the area.
The Chelsea midfielder ran to a corner flag after he scored and kneeled. He then took off his black armband, looked to the sky and kissed it.
After embraces from his teammates, Lampard ran back to the centre circle and pointed to his father in the crowd. Frank Lampard Sr. was also a professional soccer player.
Chelsea's Frank Lampard , front, is congratulated by Florent Malouda after scoring against Liverpool Wednesday. (Matt Dunham/Associated Press)
Drogba, who had given Chelsea the lead in the 33rd, added another goal in the 105th to make sure Chelsea would face English champion Manchester United in the Champions League final on May 21 in Moscow with a 4-3 win on aggregate.
Fernando Torres and Ryan Babel scored for five-time champion Liverpool, which lost to AC Milan in the Champions League final last year.
It's the first all-English final in the Champions League, and it will feature the two teams fighting for the Premier League title. Both teams have 81 points, but United leads on goal difference with two games remaining.
Lampard's deciding penalty came only three minutes after Chelsea thought that Michael Essien had scored. But the goal was called back on an offside call — after the stadium scoreboard had given the goal to Chelsea and UEFA had changed the score on its website.
