Holder Barcelona revived its campaign with a surprisingly comfortable 2-0 triumph over Inter Milan in the night’s top match, scoring twice in the first 26 minutes through Gerard Pique and Pedro.Arsenal reached the last 16 for the 10th season in a row thanks to a 2-0 home win over Standard Liege. Fiorentina went through by beating already-qualified Olympique Lyon 1-0 with a penalty by Peru’s Juan Vargas to join Girondins Bordeaux, Manchester United, Chelsea, Porto and Sevilla in the next round.
The win by the Italians also ended Liverpool’s chances in Group E.
“We have been so good (in recent years) in the Champions League, now people think it has to be like that every year,” Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez told reporters.
Benitez’s team arrived in Hungary knowing itswas largely out of their hands and David Ngog’s fourth minute winner, which condemned debutants Debrecen to their fifth straight defeat, proved in vain.
Fiorentina’s win took it to the top with 12 points, two ahead of Lyon with Liverpool a further three points behind. Even if the five-time winner pulls level with Lyon, the French side will qualify on the head-to-head record.
Former Barcelona striker Samuel Eto’o was given a warm welcome on his return to the Nou Camp with new club Inter but had little else to enjoy. Although the Catalans had won only three of their previous seven home Champions League games, they were unbeaten in six matches against Italian sides.
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