Van Nistelrooy reached a scoring milestone too when, on 74 minutes, he latched on to Raul's neat throughball to side-foot the ball past the wrong-footed Weise for his 50th Champions League goal.
Dirk Kuyt ensured 10-man Liverpool escaped with a hard-fought point as Rafa Benitez's side started their Champions League campaign with a 1-1 draw at Porto.
Kuyt's clinical header canceled out Lucho Gonzalez's early penalty but the English club had to survive a nervous final half hour at the Dragao Stadium after Jermaine Pennant was sent off for a second booking.
In a milestone of note, Lazio keeper Marco Ballotta became the oldest person to play in the Champions League group stages at 43 years and 168 days in the Italian club's 1-1 draw at Olympiakos.
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