DEGENEK’S RED STAR IN BOILOVER
AUSTRALIA defender Milos Degenek’s Red Star Belgrade has caused one of the biggest Champions League upsets, beating Liverpool 2-0 yesterday, a result that left the English giants on a tricky qualification path in Group C.
At Wembley, an 89thminute deflected effort off Socceroos defender Trent Sainsbury gave Tottenham Hotspur a 2-1 comeback win over PSV Eindhoven in their Group B match.
Barcelona, still without injured star Lionel Messi, is the first team through to the knockout stage after a compelling 1-1 draw at Inter Milan. A late leveller from home captain Mauro Icardi rubbed out Malcom’s opener to earn a valuable point.
Napoli forward Lorenzo Insigne converted a secondhalf penalty to cancel out Juan Bernat’s goal in first-half stoppage time for Paris SaintGermain to keep Group C wide open.
Atletico Madrid dominated Borussia Dortmund to win 2-0 in Group A while Monaco was handed a humiliating 4-0 defeat by Club Brugge as Thierry Henry once again failed to secure a maiden win as coach.
Porto hammered Lokomotiv Moscow 4-1 to take control of Group D, while Guido Burgstaller scored and provided an assist for Schalke in a 2-0 defeat of Galatasaray in Group D.
Nobody was expecting the result at Red Star’s Rajko Mitic Stadium, where the home team secured its maiden group stage win with two goals from striker Milan Pavkov.
The result left Liverpool on six points from four games, with matches against leaders Napoli (six points) at home and PSG (five points) away in the final two rounds.