Liverpool, Juve through as Roma, Shakhtar crash

Paris, February 26: Liverpool survived a big scare against Romanian underdogs Unirea Urziceni before securing a 3-1 victory that takes them into the Europa League round of 16.

Serie A giants Roma, however, crashed out of the competition after losing 3-2 at home to Greek side Panathinaikos last night, while defending champions Shakhtar Donetsk were eliminated by English Premier League side Fulham.

Fulham will play Juventus in the next round after the Turin side drew 0-0 in a drab game at home to Ajax to see out a 2-1 aggregate success.

German champions Wolfsburg thrashed Villarreal 4-1 for an aggregate 6-3 win, while Valencia needed two extra-time goals from Spain midfielder Pablo Hernandez to achieve a 3-1 victory against Belgian side Club Brugge.
–PTI