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Stadion Petrovski - St Petersburg 14/02/2013 - 18:00CET (21:00 local time)
Round of 32, First leg
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Zenit - Liverpool 2-0 - 14/02/2013 - Match page - UEFA Europa League 2013
Zenit hit Liverpool with double whammy
Published: Thursday 14 February 2013, 19.00CET
FC Zenit St Petersburg scored two goals in four second-half minutes to earn a significant advantage against Liverpool FC in their UEFA Europa League round of 32 first leg in Russia.
UEFA Cup winners in 2008, Zenit conjured 69th and 72nd-minute goals through Hulk and Sergei Semak to start their 2013 campaign on a high. The double whammy came at a time when the hosts were struggling to match their first-half showing – but leaves the English club with much to do at Anfield next Thursday.
Lineups
 | Zenit |  | Liverpool |
| 16 | Malafeev (GK) | 25 | Reina (GK) |
| 2 | Anyukov | 2 | Johnson |
| 6 | Lombaerts | 3 | Enrique |
| 10 | Danny 54 | 7 | Suárez |
| 11 | Kerzhakov82 | 8 | Gerrard (C) |
| 13 | Luís Neto 83 | 14 | Henderson |
| 14 | Hubočan59 | 19 | Downing |
| 15 | Shirokov (C) | 23 | Carragher |
| 27 | Denisov | 24 | Allen |
| 28 | Witsel | 31 | Sterling78 |
| 29 | Hulk 69 | 37 | Škrtel17 |
Substitutes | |||
| 30 | Zhevnov (GK) | 1 | Jones (GK) |
| 20 | Fayzulin82 | 16 | Coates |
| 21 | Rodić | 21 | Lucas78 |
| 24 | Luković | 29 | Borini |
| 25 | Semak5472 | 30 | Suso |
| 77 | Djordjević | 33 | Shelvey |
| 94 | Evseev | 47 | Wisdom |
Coaches | |||
| Luciano Spalletti (ITA) | Brendan Rodgers (NIR) | ||
Referee | |||
| Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP) | |||
Match statistics
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Minute By Minute
The final whistle is blown.- 83Luís Neto (Zenit) is cautioned by the referee.
- 82Fayzulin (in) - Kerzhakov (out) (Zenit)
- 78Lucas (in) - Sterling (out) (Liverpool)
- 72Semak (Zenit) scores!
Aleksandr Anyukov's cross evades the visiting back line, enabling the unmarked midfielder to crash in a second at the far post
