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AFP, Liverpool
Liverpool's stop-start season clicked back into gear on Tuesday after a 3-1 win over Bayer Leverkusen left them firmly on course for a place in the last eight of the Champions League.
Forced to do without the reassuring influence of their suspended captain, Steven Gerrard, Rafael Benitez's side claimed victory courtesy of first half goals from Luis Garcia and John Arne Riise and a stoppage time freekick from Dietmar Hamann.
But what should have been a perfect night was marred right at the death when Leverkusen substitute Franca pounced on an error by Jerzy Dudek to grab a precious away goal for the Germans which will give them hope of survival.
It was the least they deserved. Long before Franca scored with the final kick of the match, Leverkusen had enough chances to have given the night a radically different complexion only to be let down by the wastefulness of their two strikers, Dimitar Berbatov and Andrej Voronin.
"My view is that we were a little unlucky to lose by that margin," said their coach Klaus Augenthaler.
"At 3-0 the tie was virtually dead but our goal has given us a lifeline and given that, in the group stage, we produced wins against Real Madrid, Roma and Dynamo Kiev when we needed them, we have a chance.
"Now we just have to get this game out of our system."
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez was philosophical about Dudek's late blunder.
"Sure 3-0 is better than 3-1 but if you had offered me this score before the match, I would have signed for it," he said.
Benitez refused to criticise Dudek for failed to hold Berbatov's late volley and giving Franca his chance to score, underlining the good saves the Polish international had made earlier in the match.
"If we had scored all the chances we had we would not be talking about the goals we conceded. It was a difficult shot that bounced in front of him -- in my opinion Jerzy had a good game."
Garcia's 15th minute strike belied what had been a shaky start by Liverpool, who were fortunate not to be trailing at that point.
Four minutes earlier, a strong run and cutback from Paul Freier presented Robson Ponte with an enticing opportunity but the midfielder's shot from 15 yards ended in the Kop.
At that stage, Liverpool's prospects of keeping the tie alive for the return of Gerrard for the second leg looked bleak.
The outlook suddenly improved however courtesy of a superb piece of improvisation from Gerrard's stand-in Igor Biscan. Collecting the ball just inside the Leverkusen half, the Croatian midfielder evaded challenges from Freier and Carsten Ramelow before thread-
ing an exquisitely judged pass in behind the visitors' back four.
Garcia's run to meet it was perfectly timed and the Spaniard was able to clip the ball past Jorg Butt with his left foot.
Despite the setback, Leverkusen continued to look the better side and Liverpool had a huge let-off just before the halfhour mark, when Steve Finnan's attempt to head the ball back to Dudek caught Sami Hyypia on the shoulder.
The ball bounced straight into Berbatov's path, but with only the Liverpool goalkeeper to beat, Leverkusen's top scorer pulled his shot a yard wide.
It was to prove an expensive miss as Liverpool promptly doubled their lead after winning a somewhat soft free-kick on the right hand corner of the box.
Riise's effort was well struck but Butt had reason to launch a furious tirade at his wall, which crumbled around the edges to allow the shot to slip between the goalkeeper and his near post.
Baros had the chance to apply what could have been a killer blow nine minutes after the break. Having released Riise on the left, the Czech striker found space in the box to collect a return pass but lifted his shot over the bar.
At the other end, Ukrainian international Voronin was even more profligate, scooping the ball over from barely eight yards out after he had got across Traore to meet Berbatov's angled pass into the area.
Riise then caught the Leverkusen defence on their heels with a first-time pass that gave Baros the opportunity to spurn the easiest chance of the night by pushing a tame shot straight at Butt's legs.
The Leverkusen goalkeeper saved his side again with a point blank save from Jamie Carragher after Sami Hyypia had knocked down the resulting corner.
There were similar heroics at the other end from Dudek, who did well to keep out a shot from Freier and volley from Diego Placente in quick succession.
But the Polish international blotted his copybook at the end when he failed to hold Berbatov's volley, allowing Franca to prod the rebound over the line just as it seemed Hamann had put the tie out of reach.