The Blues, with plenty of exciting new players in the side, had started our second Champions League campaign solidly, if unspectacularly. We had bagged a late winner against Sparta in Prague before losing at home to Besiktas. A come-from-behind victory against Lazio followed at Stamford Bridge before the teams reconvened in Rome a fortnight later.

Nearly 50,000 people packed inside the Stadio Olimpico, including several thousand travelling Chelsea supporters. They witnessed a masterclass from Claudio Ranieri's side.

Hernan Crespo, a serial scorer in Serie A before his move to Chelsea, bundled us ahead on the quarter-hour mark, and our cause was made easier early in the second half when Sinisa Mihajlovic was eventually dismissed.

We made our numerical advantage count in style, picking off the Roman side with three goals in ten minutes. Eidur Gudjohnsen, Damien Duff and Frank Lampard were the scorers, sealing a victory that made Europe sit up and take notice. We would eventually reach the semi-finals before being agonisingly knocked out by Monaco.

You can watch highlights of the famous Lazio win and the story of a memorable second Champions League campaign below.