Reds, Spurs go through in Europa
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December 8, 2012, Saturday
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FIVE-TIME European champion Liverpool survived a late scare to move into the last 32 of the Europa League with a 1-0 win over Italian side Udinese on Thursday.
The English Premier League club was joined by compatriot Tottenham Hotspur, former European champion Steaua Bucharest, VfB Stuttgart and Basel as the last five clubs through to the knockout stages.
Inter Milan, already qualified, was astonishingly held to a 2-2 draw at home by Azerbaijan's Nefti Baku.
Nineteen-year-old Marko Livaja twice put the Serie A side ahead but Rashad Sadygov canceled out the first goal and Chilean Nicolas Canales snatched a point with an 88th-minute header.
Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson's first strike of the season after 23 minutes helped Liverpool to leapfrog Group A leader Anzhi Makhachkala, though Antonio Di Natale blazed a good chance over the bar with the last kick of the game.
Udinese played the last 11 minutes with 10 men after Giovanni Pasquale's dismissal and Di Natale could have eliminated Liverpool altogether but he wasted a great late chance as Anzhi lost 1-3 at Young Boys in Berne.
Liverpool, Anzhi and Young Boys all finished on 10 points but the Russians' better record over the Swiss club in a three-way head-to-head took them into the knockout stages along with the English group winner.
"We were in a difficult group with good teams," said Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers. "But the mentality of the team was very strong and our desire and belief was very strong. We won and that is good for our future."
10-man Steaua men held Copenhagen 1-1 to progress as the Group E winner on 11 points with Stuttgart in second on eight and level with the Danes but the Germans progressed owing to a better head-to-head record.
Tottenham beat Panathinaikos 3-1 to take the final Group J slot behind winner Lazio which breezed to a 4-1 win at Maribor. Emmanuel Adebayor put Spurs ahead and Clint Dempsey and Jermain Defoe grabbed late goals to seal a convincing victory.
Basel's 0-0 draw at Group G's top club Racing Genk ensured that Hungary's Fehervar, whose match at Sporting was postponed to yesterday due to a waterlogged pitch, went out.
Holder Atletico Madrid, already assured of last-32 action, lost 0-1 to Viktoria Plzen to finish second by a point in Group B behind the Czechs.
Girondins Bordeaux won the battle for top spot over Newcastle United in Group D, the French club running out a 2-0 victor to reach 13 points with the Premier League side on nine.
In Group C, Fenerbahce had already made sure of top place ahead of Borussia Moenchengladbach while in Group F Ukraine's Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, 4-0 winner over AIK Solna, had secured first place ahead of Napoli, which lost 1-3 at home to PSV Eindhoven but still advanced.
The English Premier League club was joined by compatriot Tottenham Hotspur, former European champion Steaua Bucharest, VfB Stuttgart and Basel as the last five clubs through to the knockout stages.
Inter Milan, already qualified, was astonishingly held to a 2-2 draw at home by Azerbaijan's Nefti Baku.
Nineteen-year-old Marko Livaja twice put the Serie A side ahead but Rashad Sadygov canceled out the first goal and Chilean Nicolas Canales snatched a point with an 88th-minute header.
Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson's first strike of the season after 23 minutes helped Liverpool to leapfrog Group A leader Anzhi Makhachkala, though Antonio Di Natale blazed a good chance over the bar with the last kick of the game.
Udinese played the last 11 minutes with 10 men after Giovanni Pasquale's dismissal and Di Natale could have eliminated Liverpool altogether but he wasted a great late chance as Anzhi lost 1-3 at Young Boys in Berne.
Liverpool, Anzhi and Young Boys all finished on 10 points but the Russians' better record over the Swiss club in a three-way head-to-head took them into the knockout stages along with the English group winner.
"We were in a difficult group with good teams," said Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers. "But the mentality of the team was very strong and our desire and belief was very strong. We won and that is good for our future."
10-man Steaua men held Copenhagen 1-1 to progress as the Group E winner on 11 points with Stuttgart in second on eight and level with the Danes but the Germans progressed owing to a better head-to-head record.
Tottenham beat Panathinaikos 3-1 to take the final Group J slot behind winner Lazio which breezed to a 4-1 win at Maribor. Emmanuel Adebayor put Spurs ahead and Clint Dempsey and Jermain Defoe grabbed late goals to seal a convincing victory.
Basel's 0-0 draw at Group G's top club Racing Genk ensured that Hungary's Fehervar, whose match at Sporting was postponed to yesterday due to a waterlogged pitch, went out.
Holder Atletico Madrid, already assured of last-32 action, lost 0-1 to Viktoria Plzen to finish second by a point in Group B behind the Czechs.
Girondins Bordeaux won the battle for top spot over Newcastle United in Group D, the French club running out a 2-0 victor to reach 13 points with the Premier League side on nine.
In Group C, Fenerbahce had already made sure of top place ahead of Borussia Moenchengladbach while in Group F Ukraine's Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, 4-0 winner over AIK Solna, had secured first place ahead of Napoli, which lost 1-3 at home to PSV Eindhoven but still advanced.
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