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| | BBC SPORT | Football | Europe | Liverpool 3-1 Bayer Leverkusen |
 | | Leverkusen had already recorded some superb results in the group stage of the competition, including a 3-0 defeat of Real Madrid. |
 | | Leverkusen, struggling as the match wore on to retain possession for any length of time, did open up the Liverpool defence with a superb interchange of passes but Andrei Voronin shot over under pressure from Djimi Traore. |
 | | Bayer Leverkusen: Butt, Schneider, Callsen-Bracker, Juan, Placente, Ramelow, Freier (Bierofka 83), Ponte (Donovan 69), Krzynowek, Berbatov, Voronin (Franca 68). |
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