We will pull off great escape: Benitez

LYON, France: Liverpool will overcome seemingly impossible odds and qualify for the knockout rounds of the Champions League, insisted their increasingly embattled manager Rafael Benitez.

The Spaniard - who has overseen Liverpool's worst run in over 50 years of just one win in their past eight matches - was speaking after seeing seven-time French champions Lyon steal a 1-1 draw in the last minute of their match.

The draw sent Lyon through to the last 16 - deservedly so given their three wins from three previous matches - but left Liverpool in a decidedly parlous position on four points, five behind Italian side Fiorentina with two matches remaining.