LIVERPOOL, Oct 16: Liverpool cruised to a 3-0 win over Slovenia’s Olimpija as goals from Anthony Le Tallec, Emile Heskey and Harry Kewell helped them to a 4-1 aggregate victory in the UEFA Cup first round on Wednesday.
French teenager Le Tallec scored his first goal for the English premier league club and strike partner Heskey got his 50th as Liverpool finally made their superiority pay after being held to a 1-1 draw in the first leg in Slovenia.
Kewell put the game beyond doubt with their third goal just after the break.
Selected results:
Torpedo Moscow 1 CSKA Sofia 1
2-2 on aggregate, Torpedo win 3-2 on penalties
Dniepropetrovsk 3 SV Hamburg 0
Dniepropetrovsk win 4-2 on aggregate
Groclin Grodzisk 1 Hertha Berlin 0
Groclin win 1-0 on aggregate
Vardar Skopje 1 AS Roma 1
Roma win 5-1 on aggregate
Steaua Bucharest 1 Southampton 0
Steaua win 2-1 on aggregate
Petrzalka 1 Bordeaux 1
Bordeaux win 3-2 on aggregate
Neuchatel Xamax 0 Auxerre 1
Auxerre win 2-0 on aggregate
NAC Breda 0 Newcastle United 1
Newcastle win 6-0 on aggregate
MTK Budapest 0 Dynamo Zagreb 0
Dynamo win 3-1 on aggregate
Zeljeznicar Sarajevo 0 Hearts 0
Hearts win 2-0 on aggregate
Borussia Dortmund 1 Austria Vienna 0
Dortmund win 3-1 on aggregate
Lokeren 0 Manchester City 1
Manchester win 4-2 on aggregate
Basel 1 Malatyaspor 2
aet - full-time score 2-2; Basel win on silver goal rule