Liverpool 2-1 Maccabi Haifa: Mohamed Sissoko shields the ball from Yaniv Katan during the first half at Anfield Jermaine Pennant uses his pace to get past Maccabi Haifa's Roberto Colautti as Liverpool look to break the deadlock Gustavo Boccoli gives Maccabi a shock lead on 29 minutes with a cool finish past keeper Jose Reina Liverpool equalise four minutes later when Craig Bellamy fires home after Sissoko's shot is parried by Nir Davidovitch John Arne Riise attempts to shrug off the challenge of Xavier Anderson as Liverpool turn up the pressure in the second half Liverpool leave it late as substitute Mark Gonzalez spares the home sides blushes with a well-taken last-minute equaliser Chilean winger Gonzalez reels away in celebration after giving Liverpool a 2-1 lead going into the second leg Hearts 1-2 AEK Athens: Vladimir Ivic skips past Christos Karipidis (l) and Saulius Mikoliunas (r) during a tense first half Mikoliunas celebrates with his coach and team-mates after giving Hearts the lead just after the hour mark Hearts coach Valdas Ivanauskas sees his side go down to ten men on 66 minutes when Bruno Aguiar is sent off Craig Gordon is unable to keep out Pantelis Kapetanos' 89th minute header as AEK get the equaliser they deserve Christophe Berra looks on in disbelief after deflecting Liberopoulos' 90th minute shot past Gordon into his own net
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