Budapest - Five-times champions Liverpool were knocked out of the Champions League on Tuesday despite a 1-0 victory over Debrecen in Group E.

Although David Ngog scored a fourth-minute goal for the English Premier League side, Liverpool were eliminated after Fiorentina beat Lyon in the other group game.

Liverpool got off to a flying start with some assistance from fallible defending when David Ngog poked in Jamie Carragher's header from a corner

Debrecen had their best chance 10 minutes from time but Gergely Rudolf's sharp shot from a narrow angle was parried wide by Pepe Reina. - Reuters