Chelsea forward Nicolas Anelka scores against Bordeaux during their Group A Champions League match in Bordeaux yesterday. The game ended 1-1. - AP

LONDON (AP):

FIVE-TIME WINNERS Liverpool, Italian champions Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid joined 10 other qualifiers for the last knockout phase of the Champions League yesterday but Chelsea still have work to do in the final round of games.

Steven Gerrard headed Liverpool's winner in a 1-0 victory over Marseille and Atletico Madrid edged PSV Eindhoven 2-1 in the other Group D game.

Inter were beaten 1-0 at home by Panathinaikos but still qualified. Their two nearest rivals, Panathinaikos and Anorthosis Famagusta, face each other on December 9 and only one of the teams can finish above the Serie A leaders.

Josu Sarriegi revived Panathinaikos' chances with the only goal at San Siro in the 69th. One of the surprise teams of the competition on its debut, Cypriot team Anorthosis squandered a two-goal lead and were held 2-2 by Werder Bremen to slip from second to third.

Lampard sent off

Chelsea appeared on course to join the other three qualifiers after Nicolas Anelka fired the Blues ahead at Bordeaux. But Alou Diarra equalised in the 83rd and Chelsea's Frank Lampard was sent off near the end for two yellow cards.

AS Roma went top of Group A after winning 3-1 at CFR Cluj, helped by two goals by Matteo Brighi. The Italian team has nine points, Chelsea eight and Bordeaux seven, going into the final round of games in which Roma host the French team and Premier League leaders Chelsea are at home to Romania's Cluj.

The last 16 already includes eight teams that have won European football's biggest club competition with three more spots still to fill.

Ten teams had already qualified: Barcelona and Sporting Lisbon from Group C, Manchester United and Villarreal from Group E, Lyon and Bayern Munich from Group F, Arsenal and FC Porto from Group G and Juventus and Real Madrid from Group H.

Barcelona won 5-2 at Sporting in a meeting of two clubs which had already qualified. With Shakhtar Donetsk beating FC Basel 5-0, helped by a hat-trick by Jadson, the two Group C games had a combined 12 goals.