Chelsea, last season's beaten finalists, will go into next Tuesday's second leg clear favourites to advance to the semi-finals after Branislav Ivanovic inspired a turnaround for Guus Hiddink's team.
The Serbia defender took advantage of poor Liverpool marking to head home an equaliser from a corner before halftime.
Ivanovic repeated his effort with a carbon-copy goal again as the Liverpool defence went missing.
Ivanovic rose to power Lampard's 62nd-minute corner into the net after the break and that left Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez praying for a miracle at Stamford Bridge.
The goals were his first in Chelsea colours.
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