Bookmakers pleased with 4-4 draw between Chelsea and Liverpool.
British bookmakers are celebrating after last night's Champions League clash between Chelsea and Liverpool produced another shock result.With Chelsea leading 3-1 from last week's first leg, the quarter-final second-leg match at Stamford Bridge finished 4-4, a scoreline that was priced at 100/1 with William Hill before kick-off.
That follows two other 100/1 shots in recent sporting events - Mon Mome's triumph in the Grand National on April 4th and victory for Argentine golfer Angel Cabrera at the Masters last Sunday.
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Graham Sharpe, spokesperson for William Hill, described the events as "the greatest hat-trick of major sporting upsets in a row that we can recall in the last thirty years".
He explained that the firm is currently in "bookie heaven" because "virtually no-one" backed any of the three results.
Last week, Stan James spokesperson Charlie McCann said that Mon Mome's Grand National win had been a "shot in the arm" for the UK betting industry.
The nine-year-old romped home by 12 lengths to become the first 100/1 chance to win at Aintree since Foinavon in 1967.
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