FENERBAHCE came from a goal down to stun Chelsea 2-1 in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals while Liverpool got a crucial away goal in its 1-1 draw at Arsenal.

Deivid de Souza Deivid gave Chelsea the lead with an own-goal in the 13th minute, but he then scored with a dramatic shot from distance in the 81st to give the Turkish team a win in its first appearance in the quarterfinals of Europe’s top club competition.

Five-time European champion Liverpool came back with a 26th-minute goal from Dirk Kuyt to get its draw at English rival Arsenal after Emmanuel Adebayor put the hosts ahead three minutes earlier.

The teams will play again in the second leg Tuesday, with the winners facing each other later this month in the semifinals.

“We are in a good position, playing at Anfield with our supporters who are a massive difference,” Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez said. “But against a good team with the quality you could see today we need to play counter-attack and working very hard in defense.”

Chelsea took the lead at Sukru Saracoglu Stadium in Istanbul when Deivid deflected a cross from Florent Malouda into his own net. But Colin Kazim Richards equalized in the 65th by beating the offside trap and beating Chelsea goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini.

“We are strong enough at home,” Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack said. “Everything is in our hands.”

Chelsea almost scored a goal of its own in the 26th when a header by Frank Lampard went wide. Didier Drogba then had a close-range shot saved by goalkeeper Volkan Demirel in the 29th.

“Normally it’s a good result to lose 2-1 away from home, but because we played the better football, we are disappointed,” Chelsea manager Avram Grant said.

Kuyt scored for Liverpool by sliding inside the six-meter box and deflecting in a cross from captain Steve Gerrard, three minutes after Adebayor had given the hosts the lead at the Emirates Stadium with a header off a cross from Robin van Persie.

Emmanuel Eboue nearly scored another for Arsenal, but Martin Skrtel cleared it off the line with Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina beaten.

“It’s difficult to understand how we did not win the game,” Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said. “We had a lot of possession and a lot of chances.”

Wenger also felt that Kuyt’s second-half challenge on Alexandre Hleb should have been called a penalty.

“There was a blatant penalty that was not given just under the eyes of the referee,” Wenger said. “It’s very difficult to accept in a game like that.”

This was the first of three matches between Arsenal and Liverpool in six days. Besides next week’s second leg at Anfield, they meet again in London on Saturday in the English Premier League.

On Tuesday, Manchester United and FC Barcelona won away from home.

United beat AS Roma 2-0 and Barcelona defeated Schalke 1-0.

Their second legs are scheduled for Wednesday.

(SD-Agencies)