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British quartet register wins in UEFA action

SITTING PRETTY Rangers, Newcastle, Blackburn and Spurs top their respective groups with maximum points after earning wins in UEFA Cup action Thursday

AFP , PARIS

The four British sides are now sitting pretty on the road to the knockout stages with each one topping their respective groups with a three point cushion.

Elsewhere Livorno's Marco Amelia made a rare intervention for a keeper in his side's 1-1 draw at Partizan Belgrade -- by scoring a goal.

The home side were leading thanks to Nenad Mirosavljevic's goal in the 70th minute.

But Livorno, who lost 3-2 to Glasgow Rangers in their opening Group A match, leveled the score two minutes from time thanks to their unlikely scorer.

Amelia, Italy's third-choice keeper in their World Cup winning squad, went up for a late free-kick and headed home Dario Passoni's crossed free-kick to salvage a precious point for the Tuscan club.

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