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Liverpool - Anji 1-0 - 25/10/2012 - Match page - UEFA Europa League 2013
Downing strike earns Liverpool win against Anji
Published: Thursday 25 October 2012, 23.00CET
Liverpool FC earned a narrow but deserved victory against FC Anji Makhachkala to climb above the visitors to the top of UEFA Europa League Group A.
Five days after recording a belated first home win in the Premier League this season, Brendan Rodgers' evolving side prevailed by the same 1-0 scoreline, Stewart Downing striking from the edge of the box in the 53rd minute. It was Liverpool's 550th European goal and means they will travel to face Anji in Moscow on 8 November with a two-point advantage over Guus Hiddink's men, beaten here for the first time in 14 fixtures.
Lineups
 | Liverpool |  | Anji |
| 1 | Jones (GK) | 1 | V. Gabulov (GK) |
| 2 | Johnson 46 | 4 | Samba 21 |
| 4 | Nuri Şahin | 5 | João Carlos |
| 5 | Agger81 | 6 | Boussoufa77 |
| 7 | Suárez75 | 7 | Agalarov4362 |
| 8 | Gerrard (C) | 9 | Eto'o (C) |
| 11 | Assaidi | 14 | Shatov |
| 19 | Downing 53 | 16 | Carcela-González |
| 33 | Shelvey79 | 18 | Zhirkov |
| 37 | Škrtel | 20 | Smolov64 |
| 47 | Wisdom | 21 | G. Gabulov |
Substitutes | |||
| 42 | Gulácsi (GK) | 22 | Pomazan (GK) |
| 14 | Henderson | 3 | Gadzhibekov |
| 23 | Carragher | 10 | Lahiyalov77 |
| 24 | Allen79 | 13 | Tagirbekov |
| 30 | Suso | 15 | Logashov62 |
| 31 | Sterling46 | 17 | Muhammad |
| 36 | Yesil | 19 | Traoré64 |
Coaches | |||
| Brendan Rodgers (NIR) | Guus Hiddink (NED) | ||
Referee | |||
| Bas Nijhuis (NED) | |||
Standings
Group A
| P | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Liverpool | 3 | 6 |
| 2 |  Anji | 3 | 4 |
| 2 |  Udinese | 3 | 4 |
| 4 |  Young Boys | 3 | 3 |
Last updated: 14/11/2012 10:39 CET
Legend:
- P: Played
- Pts: Points
Matches
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Minute By Minute
The final whistle is blown.- 81Agger (Liverpool) is shown a yellow card.
- 79Allen (in) - Shelvey (out) (Liverpool)
- 77Lahiyalov (in) - Boussoufa (out) (Anji)
- 75Suárez (Liverpool) is shown a yellow card.
