Twente, Ajax through in Europa League

Friday 18 December 2009

Amsterdam football club Ajax lost its group A top spot with a 3-1 home defeat by Belgium's Anderlecht on Thursday night

The victory means Anderlecht go through to the round of 32 as group leaders. For a full match report and highlights click here

FC Twente are also through to the knock-out stage thanks to a 1-1 draw against FC Steaua of Bucharest and an early goal by Fenerbahçe SK in Istanbul which halted FC Sheriff's chance of denying Twente second place in Group H. For a match report and highlights, click here.

The draw for the knock-out rounds will take place at 1pm today. Ajax and Twente are in group 2, alongside Liverpool, Atlético Madrid and Everton. PSV Eindhoven, which is in group 1 and qualified on Wednesday, is in the draw with Juventus and AS Roma.

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