Liverpool's chanes of qualifying for the knockout stages in the Europa League took a hit as they went down 1-0 to Anzhi Makhachkala.
Guus Hiddink's money-rich Russian outfit took advantage of Brendan Rodgers' largely inexperienced line-up with Ivorian striker Lacina Traore producing a moment of magic on the stroke of half-time. Jordan Henderson spurned Liverpool's best chance at the Stadion Lokomotiv as Rodgers made nine changes from the side that drew 1-1 with Newcastle in the Premier League on Sunday.
Anzhi lead Group A with seven points from Liverpool on six, while Udinese are third with four despite a 3-2 loss to Young Boys.
In other games, Alan Pardew's Newcastle fought back from two goals down to salvage a point at Club Brugges with second-half goals from Vurnon Anita and Shola Ameobi.
The Belgian side went ahead through efforts from Ivan Trickovski and Jesper Jorgensen but nearly dropped all three points when Yohan Cabaye's late free-kick hit the bar.
Holders Atletico Madrid slumped to their first defeat of this year's tournament, going down 2-0 to Academica courtesy of a pair of strikes from Wilson Eduardo. The La Liga side can qualify with one more win from their remaining two games to join undefeated Czech side Viktoria Plzen in the next phase after they trounced Hapoel Tel Aviv 4-0 in the other Group B clash.
Anzhi lead Group A with seven points from Liverpool on six, while Udinese are third with four despite a 3-2 loss to Young Boys.
In other games, Alan Pardew's Newcastle fought back from two goals down to salvage a point at Club Brugges with second-half goals from Vurnon Anita and Shola Ameobi.
The Belgian side went ahead through efforts from Ivan Trickovski and Jesper Jorgensen but nearly dropped all three points when Yohan Cabaye's late free-kick hit the bar.
Holders Atletico Madrid slumped to their first defeat of this year's tournament, going down 2-0 to Academica courtesy of a pair of strikes from Wilson Eduardo. The La Liga side can qualify with one more win from their remaining two games to join undefeated Czech side Viktoria Plzen in the next phase after they trounced Hapoel Tel Aviv 4-0 in the other Group B clash.
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