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Zenit escape despite Liverpool loss
Published: Thursday 21 February 2013, 23.00CET
Liverpool FC fell just short of writing another chapter in their history of famous European comebacks as they beat FC Zenit St Petersburg 3-1 only to exit the UEFA Europa League on away goals.
Trailing 2-0 from the first leg in Russia, Liverpool made the worst possible start when Jamie Carragher's fluffed back pass released Hulk to increase Zenit's advantage, but two Luis Suárez free-kicks either side of Joe Allen's strike left Luciano Spalletti's visitors hanging on. Hang on they did, though, and the Russian champions' reward is a round of 16 meeting with FC Basel 1893.
Lineups
 | Liverpool |  | Zenit |
| 25 | Reina (GK) | 16 | Malafeev (GK) |
| 2 | Johnson | 2 | Anyukov |
| 3 | Enrique | 6 | Lombaerts 46 |
| 5 | Agger | 10 | Danny46 |
| 7 | Suárez 2859 | 13 | Luís Neto |
| 8 | Gerrard (C) | 14 | Hubočan |
| 14 | Henderson60 | 15 | Shirokov (C) |
| 19 | Downing84 | 25 | Semak84 |
| 21 | Lucas | 27 | Denisov 27 |
| 23 | Carragher | 28 | Witsel |
| 24 | Allen4359 | 29 | Hulk19 |
Substitutes | |||
| 42 | Gulácsi (GK) | 30 | Zhevnov (GK) |
| 11 | Assaidi60 | 3 | Bruno Alves |
| 16 | Coates | 4 | Criscito46 |
| 30 | Suso | 9 | Bukharov |
| 31 | Sterling84 | 11 | Kerzhakov |
| 33 | Shelvey5966 | 20 | Fayzulin46 |
| 47 | Wisdom | 21 | Rodić84 |
Coaches | |||
| Brendan Rodgers (NIR) | Luciano Spalletti (ITA) | ||
Referee | |||
| Björn Kuipers (NED) | |||
Match statistics
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Minute By Minute
The final whistle is blown.- 84Rodić (in) - Semak (out) (Zenit)
- 84Sterling (in) - Downing (out) (Liverpool)
- 66Shelvey (Liverpool) is shown a yellow card.
- 60Assaidi (in) - Henderson (out) (Liverpool)
