It's Chelsea versus Liverpool again -- this time in the FA Cup semifinals.
The other semifinal drawn Friday pits West Ham against the winner of a replay between Charlton and Middlesbrough.
The English Football Association said the Chelsea-Liverpool game will take place at Manchester United's 70,000-capacity Old Trafford stadium on April 22.
The other semifinal will be the following day at the 42,500-seat Villa Park.
Six-time FA Cup winner Liverpool won its quarterfinal game 7-0 at Birmingham City on Tuesday, while Premier League champion and league leader Chelsea beat Newcastle 1-0 on Wednesday.
"It will be a difficult game for both teams," Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez said. "We know each other so well and when you play a cup tie you know it will always be a difficult tie. We shall see what happens.
"They are a very good side but so are we. We have a lot of confidence and we know it's a game we can win."
British bookmaker William Hill responded to the draw by making three-time winner Chelsea the 11-10 favorite to win the FA Cup, with Liverpool at 9-4, West Ham 9-2, Middlesbrough 9-1 and Charlton 14-1.
Twelve points ahead in the Premier League, Chelsea is on course to win the league and cup double for the first time.
This will the 10th game between the teams since Mourinho and Benitez took over ahead of the 2004-2005 season. Liverpool has won only once, but in the most important game -- a 1-0 victory in the second leg of last season's Champions League semifinal.
The loss eliminated Chelsea, and Liverpool went on to beat AC Milan in the final.
Chelsea and Liverpool have played four times this season. Chelsea won both league games for the second straight season, but both Champions League games ended 0-0.
Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy is furious that Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez has said Spurs are "desperate" to sell England striker Jermain Defoe.
Benitez made the comment at a news conference on Friday in response to a question about Tottenham trying to sign his French striker, Djibril Cisse.
"They are desperate to sell Jermain Defoe, and Cisse is in the middle," Benitez said.
Levy denied that Spurs wanted to sell the England striker and condemned Benitez for making such a suggestion.
"I find today's comments by Rafael Benitez beyond belief," Levy said. ``Not only are they completely untrue, but it is unprecedented that any manager should comment in this way on another team's player.
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