Palacio snatches last-gasp Europa win for Inter

Napoliproduced another poor away performance, losing 3-1 atDnipro Dnipropetrovsk, andUdinese, the fourth Italian side, suffered a shock 3-1 defeat atYoung Boyswhere Raul Bobadilla scored a hat-trick.

Title-holdersAtletico Madridchalked up their third straight group stage win, beatingAcademica Coimbra2-1, butAthletic Bilbao, last season’s runners-up, were left on the brink of elimination after losing 2-1 atOlympique Lyon.

At San Siro, Palacio headed in a cross from fellow Argentine Diego Milito one minute after Partizan’s Lazar Markovic nearly scored for the Serbs on the break.

Lazio were gifted a 25th-minute lead in Athens when Giourkas Seitaridis’s back pass caught goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis out of position and the ball rolled into the net. Toche equalised for Panathinaikos in stoppage time.

Jimmy Briand scored an 86th-minute winner for Olympique Lyon to give the Group I leaders their third straight win and leave Marcelo Bielsa’s Athletic third with only one point.

Liverpooltook advantage of Udinese’s slip to go top with a 1-0 win over Russian Premier LeadersAnzhi Makhachkalathanks to a second half goal by Stewart Downing.

Three of Germany’s four teams won,Bayer Leverkusenleading the way with a 4-0 demolition ofRapid Viennaaway from home to go top of Group K.