Udinese downs Liverpool at Anfield

Published November 20, 2014

Giovanni Pasquale scored the game-winner during a five-minute stretch of the second half that included three goals, and Udinese edged Liverpool, 3-2, on Thursday in the Europa League.

Udinese trailed at halftime, but Antonio Di Natale scored in the first minute of the second half, an own goal from Sebastian Coates put the Italian side in front in the 69th minute, and Pasquale added the winner in the 71st.

Liverpool, which led early through Jonjo Shelvey, capped the scoring outburst when Luis Suarez scored in the 75th, but the Reds were unable to find the goal again as they fell at Anfield.

Shelvey headed Liverpool in front in the 23rd minute with a one-hopper to the bottom left, but the match changed off the second-half restart when Di Natale notched the equalizer.

Off a turnover, Di Natale drove a shot from the top of the area into the right side of the net to spark Udinese to the comeback.

Liverpool called on Steven Gerrard and Suarez off the bench in the 65th, but it did not produce the desired result. Coates headed into his own net minutes later, and Di Natale set up Pasquale, who drove a shot into the bottom right.

Suarez converted a free kick with a shot over the wall and into the net in the 75th, but it was not enough for Liverpool, which is third in Group A. Udinese is level on four points with Anzhi for the group lead.

Samuel Eto'o scored twice as Anzhi downed Young Boys, 2-0, for its first win. Young Boys has lost its two games and is last in the standings.

In Group B, Cristian Rodriguez scored three minutes into stoppage time as last year's winner, Atletico Madrid, defeated Viktoria Plzen, 1-0, to stay perfect, and Omer Damari scored three minutes into extra time as Hapoel Tel-Aviv tied Academica, 1-1.

In Group C, Loic Remy scored twice as Marseille crushed AEL Limassol, 5-1, and Baroni Cristian had a brace as Fenerbahce beat Monchengladbach, 4-2. Marseille and Fenerbahce are level atop the group on four points.

In Group D, Shola Ameobi and Papiss Demba Cisse scored and an own goal lifted Newcastle to an easy 3-0 win over Bordeaux, and Club Brugge defeated Maritimo, 2-0. Newcastle leads the group with four points.

In Group E, Stefan Nikolic lifted Steaua Bucharest to the top of the standings with a 1-0 win over Copenhagen, and Molde used goals from Jo Inge Berget and Daniel Chukwa to defeat Stuttgart, 2-0.

In Group F, Jeremain Lens and Dries Mertens scored in the first half to spark PSV Eindhoven to an impressive 3-0 home win over Napoli, and Yevhen Seleznyov scored the winner as Dnipro edged AIK, 3-2, to stay perfect atop the group.

In Group G, Marco Streller scored twice in the second half as Basel tied Genk, 2-2, and Videoton earned a surprise win over Sporting Lisbon, 3-0. Genk is at the top of the standings on four points, followed by Videoton and Basel.

In Group H, Phillippe Coutinho, Joel Obi and Marko Livaja scored in the first half as Inter Milan beat Neftchi Baku, 3-1, and Rubin defeated Partizan, 2-0. Inter and Rubin are level on four points atop the group.

In Group I, Gueida Fofana completed his brace in stoppage time as Lyon downed Ironi Kiryat Shmona, 4-3, to stay perfect atop the group, and Tomas Zapotocny and Bekim Balaj scored as Sparta Prague beat Athletic Bilbao, 3-1.

In Group J, Ederson gave Lazio a 1-0 win over Maribor, and Jose Toche scored 13 minutes from time as Panathinaikos tied Tottenham, 1-1. Lazio leads the group with four points, followed by Maribor with three and Tottenham with two.

In Group K, Stefan Kiessling scored 14 minutes from time as Bayer Leverkusen edged Rosenborg, 1-0, and Metalist Kharkiv downed Rapid Vienna, 2-0. Bayer and Metalist are level on four points atop the group.

In Group L, Sszabolcs Huszti and Didier Ya Konan scored as 10-man Hannover won 2-1 over Levante and Rasmus Bengtsson and Douglas Franco scored late as Twente tied Helsingborg, 2-2. Hannover leads the group with four points.

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