Liverpool cruise to victory

Published October 17, 2003

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

Parma 3 Metalurg Donetsk 0

Parma win 4-1 on aggregate

Perugia 1 Dundee 0

Perugia win 3-1 on aggregate

Udinese 1 Salzburg 2

2-2 on aggregate, Salzburg win on away goals

Liverpool 3 Olimpija Ljubljana 0

Liverpool win 4-1 on aggregate

Blackburn Rovers 1 Genclerbirligi 1

Genclerbirligi win 4-2 on aggregate

Malmo 0 Sporting Lisbon 1

Sporting win 3-0 on aggregate

Barcelona 8 Puchov 0

Barcelona win 9-1 on aggregate

Valencia 1 AIK Solna 0

Valencia win 2-0 on aggregate

Benfica 1 La Louviere 0

Benfica win 2-1 on aggregate.—Reuters/AFP

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