Champions League Updates

• Full Time: Liverpool's striker worries continue as all of their four stikers fail to score during the game and Liverpool go out with a wimper. The defence of their title lost and all that early season work during the qualifiers gone to waste.
  
  All that is left this season is the FA Cup (2nd place means nothing), but to do that they are likely to have to get past a strong Chel$ki side and/or a revitalised Newcastle team, captained by a determined Alan Shearer, who would love nothing more than to win silverwear (for his home club) in his last year as a player.
  
  
• 89 Mins: Benfica seal the tie as Miccoli scores for the portugeuse team and LFC go tumbling out of the Champpions League.
  
  
• 80 Mins: With just 10 minutes left of regular time, it is looking bleak for Liverpool. If the game finishes this way and Inter Milan win their tie, Liverpool will be the only team, that topped their group, not to go through to the last 8.
  
  
• 71 Mins: Substitutions en mass now as Fowler replaces Morientes and Hamman replaces Warnock, while Benfica bring on Ricardo Rocha for Robert. COM'MON YOU REDS!
  
  
• 66 Mins: At this stage against Milan, Liverpool had already pulled level; against Olympiacos they had pulled one goal back. The champions' crown is hanging by a thread.
  
  
• 63 Mins: Cisse in Kewell Out. Let's hope this makes a change for the better.
  
  
• 62 Mins: With just under 30 minutes left in the tie, Rafa Benitez has surely got to introduce Cisse and/or Fowler into the frey soon.

In other ties AC Milan are now 5-2 (!) up on aggregate (4-1 on the night). Lyon are also 3-0 up (4-0 on agg.)