Gera celebrates the penalty that levelled the tie at 4-4 overall for Fulham
Fulham produced a stunning second-leg comeback against nine-man Juventus to make the Europa League quarter-finals, after trailing 1-3 from the first leg in Turin. David Trezeguet appeared to have ended the tie with an early goal for Juve but Bobby Zamora soon fired Fulham level. Fabio Cannavaro's sending off for a professional foul on Zoltan Gera swung the game in Fulham's favour before the Hungarian's neat finish put them ahead. Gera's penalty levelled the tie overall and substitute Clint Dempsey's chip won it before Jonathan Zebina was sent off.
Gerrard gets his team off to the perfect start within 10 minutes from the spot in his 300 game as Kop skipper
Fernando Torres scored twice to help Liverpool keep their season alive by reaching the Europa League quarter-finals with a battling win over Lille. The Reds started perfectly with a Steven Gerrard penalty on eight minutes, in his 300th game in charge as captain, after Lucas was felled by Adil Rami following a fine run past four players. Eden Hazard was denied an equaliser by a smart Pepe Reina save, but Torres chipped in the second after the break. The Spaniard settled the tie by poking home following Gerrard's rasping shot.
UEFA Europa League
Thursday, 18 March 2010
| Anderlecht Lukaku (44) | 4-3 (HT 2-1) (agg 5-6) | Hamburg Boateng (42) |
| Bookings: Van Damme (25) | Bookings: Boateng (33) | |
| Fulham Zamora (9) | 4-1 (HT 2-1) (agg 5-4) | Juventus Trezeguet (2) |
| Bookings: Konchesky (90) | Bookings: Camoranesi (12) | |
| Sent off: Cannavaro (27) | ||
| Liverpool Gerrard (pen 9) | 3-0 (HT 1-0) (agg 3-1) | Lille |
| Bookings: Insua (42) | Bookings: Cabaye (82) | |
| Marseille Niang (70) | 1-2 (HT 0-0) (agg 2-3) | Benfica Pereira (75) |
| Bookings: Kone (55) | Bookings: Cardozo (33) | |
| Sent off: Ben Arfa (90+4) | ||
| Sporting Liedson (19) | 2-2 (HT 2-2) (agg 2-2) | Atletico Madrid Aguero (3, 33) |
| Bookings: Silva (51) | ||
| Atletico Madrid win on Away Goals Rule | ||
| Standard Liege Mbokani (45+2) | 1-0 (HT 1-0) (agg 4-1) | Panathinaikos |
| Bookings: Pocognoli (24) | Bookings: Leto (27) | |
| Werder Bremen Hugo Almeida (26) | 4-4 (HT 1-3) (agg 5-5) | Valencia Villa (2, 45, 65) |
| Bookings: Rosenberg (87) | Bookings: Joaquin (55) | |
| Wolfsburg Martins (58) | 2-1 (HT 0-1) (agg 3-2) | Rubin Kazan Kasaev (21) |
| Bookings: Gentner (116) | Bookings: Cesar Navas (25) | |
| Sent off: Cesar Navas (108) | ||
| After Extra Time | ||
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