DAVID NGOG struck twice as Roy Hodgson began his reign as Liverpool manager with a comfortable victory from a potentially tricky Europa League test last night.

FK Rabotnicki 0 Liverpool 2

DIMITAR BERBATOV’S remarkable run of form continued as he helped ease Tottenham into the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup at the expense of SC Braga.

Braga 2 Tottenham 3

SPARTAK Moscow’s hopes of emulating city rivals CSKA’s UEFA Cup win in 2005 took a knock as they were held to a draw by a battling Celta Vigo side.