Liverpool knocked out of Champions League

Five-times champions Liverpool were knocked out of the Champions League on Tuesday despite a 1-0 victory over Debrecen in Group E.

Although David Ngog scored a fourth-minute goal for the English Premier League side, Liverpool were eliminated after Fiorentina beat Lyon in the other group game.

Liverpool got off to a flying start with some assistance from fallible defending when David Ngog poked in Jamie Carragher's header from a corner

Debrecen had their best chance 10 minutes from time but Gergely Rudolf's sharp shot from a narrow angle was parried wide by Pepe Reina.

Arsenal beat Liege 2-0 to go through in top spot

Meanwhile, Arsenal secured their place in the knockout phase of the Champions League for the 10th successive season when a comfortable 2-0 win over Standard Liege secured top spot in Group H with a game to spare.

A slip by Liege defender Landry Mulemo let in Samir Nasri for the opening goal after 35 minutes and Denilson smacked in a swerving 30-metre second at the end of the first half.

Arsenal cruised through the second half for a victory that takes them to 13 points, six clear of Olympiakos Piraeus after their goalless draw at AZ Alkmaar.

Liege hit the woodwork twice through Dieudonne Mbokani at 0-0 but were generally second-best and now, with four points, need to win their last game at home to Alkmaar and hope Arsenal beat Olympiakos at the Emirates to progress on their better head-to-head record against the Greeks.