Fiorentina punish Liverpool

“I am very happy,to score two goals against Liverpool is a big thing,” he told Italian television after ending a tough period for Fiorentina,who lost their group opener. Club president Andrea Della Valle also resigned last week.

The in-form Montenegro forward ran unopposed on to Cristiano Zanetti’s offside-splitting pass and coolly slotted the ball home to open the score in the 28th minute. He doubled the advantage nine minutes later by directing Juan Vargas’s diagonal thunderbolt into the net before his side rode out some intense pressure in the second half.

While Jovetic was bursting onto the scene in Florence,Lionel Messi was reaffirming his position at the very top of the world game with a typically stylish strike in Barcelona’s 2-0 home win over Dynamo Kiev. Dynamo had their chances,with Andriy Shevchenko blasting over on his 33rd birthday,but Pedro sealed Barca’s win on 76 minutes.

Unlucky Rubin

The holders topped Group F with four points from two games after Champions League debutants Rubin Kazan were unlucky to only draw 1-1 with 10-man Inter Milan in Russia.

Argentine forward Alejandro Dominguez put the hosts ahead when he surged past Lucio to fire home and although Dejan Stankovic pegged them back,Mario Balotelli’s second-half dismissal left the stuttering Italian champions clinging on.

“Given the circumstances of the game,It is a point gained. Our opponents started better,they pressed and had their fans urging them on as it was their home debut,” coach Jose Mourinho said after Inter’s seventh Champions League game without a win.

Arsenal had to wait until the last 12 minutes to seal a 2-0 home win over Olympiakos Piraeus in Group H with forwards Robin van Persie and Andrei Arshavin on the scoresheet while AZ Alkmaar drew 1-1 with Standard Liege in a Benelux battle.

Group E leaders Olympique Lyon plundered a 4-0 victory at Hungary’s Debrecen after Kim Kallstrom had slammed in from the edge of the area on three minutes to start the rout.