Fulham 2-1 Shakhtar Donetsk: While Liverpool may not be happy playing in the Europa League, Roy Hodgson fields his strongest possible Fulham side in hope of reaching the last 16 of the competition
The Cottagers go at their Ukrainian visitors from the start, Brede Hangeland going close with a header before Zoltan Gera scores in the third minute, set up by Danny Murphy and Bobby Zamora
Shaktar get back in to the game with some slick passing and their clever football brings Luiz Adriano his sixth goal in the competition, beating the offside trap with a bent run before rounding Mark Schwarzer to score
As much as Shaktar don't deserve to lose the game, Zamora's first-time shot at an angle from 20 yards out, right in the postage stamp, deserves to win the match for Fulham
Liverpool 1-0 Unirea Urziceni: The Reds' lack of pace in their passing and lack of movement up front define the first half, as well as a rare start for Alberto Aquilani, and earn nothing more than a couple of corners
Despite the disappointments over the season and the lacklustre performance against Unirea, the Anfield faithful make a show of their support of Benitez
With the visitors, two and a half months without a competitive game, starting to tire Ryan Babel makes chances for Liverpool and his ball sets up David Ngog to score the only goal of the game with 10 minutes left
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