Champions League:Stevan Jovetic struck twice to help Fiorentina sweep aside Liverpool 2-0 in the Champions League tonight and earn their first points in Group E, while Robin van Persie and Andrei Arshavin struck late on to give Arsenal a 2-0 victory over Olympiakos.
The in-form Montenegro forward ran unopposed on to Cristiano Zanetti's defence splitting pass and coolly slotted the ball home to open the scoring in the 28th minute.
He doubled the advantage nine minutes later by directing Juan Vargas's diagonal thunderbolt into the net before his side rode out some intense pressure in the second half to claim a memorable victory.
The Italians, who lost their opener 1-0 at Olympique Lyon, have three points, as do Liverpool after they beat Hungarian champions Debrecen by the same margin two weeks ago.
Arsenal took all three points in their Group H encounter at the Emirates despited some heroics by visiting keeper Antonis Nikopolidis.
Dutchman Van Persie, who for most of the night was locked in a personal duel with the grey-haired stopper, finally broke the deadlock with 12 minutes to go, converting a low cross from substitute Eduardo.
Arshavin then put a realistic gloss on the scoreline with a tap-in second despite appearing to be slightly offside as Arsenal moved clear at the top of the group.
Defeat for Olympiakos means they have now lost all nine of their matches away to English clubs in Europe.
Sevilla swept Rangers aside with an emphatic 4-1 win in their Group G clash at Ibrox with all their four goals coming in a devastating second half display.
Sevilla came close to an early opener as Frederic Kanoute lashed a first time shot at goal following a low cross from Jesus Navas, only for Rangers keeper Allan McGregor to pull off a superb reaction save.
Rangers responded with Lee McCulloch crashing a fierce volley from the edge of the box that zipped narrowly over before they had a strong penalty claim dismissed when Abdoulay Konko tripped Steve Naismith from behind as he prepared to shoot.
Sevilla took the lead with a cleverly worked free-kick on 51 minutes as Lolo shaped up to shoot from almost 40 metres on the left, then switched the ball crossfield to the unmarked Navas and his teasing cross was met by Konko who headed home.
Brazilian Adriano then swept in an easy second goal from 10 metres after a low cross by Luis Fabiano fractured Rangers defence on 64 minutes.
Fabiano headed home Kanoute's cross to make it 3-0 on 72 minutes and just three minutes later Kanoute tapped in the fourth as Sevilla made it two wins from two. Rangers grabbed a late goal from substitute Nacho Novo but only have one point from two encounters.
Lionel Messi and Pedro struck in each half to give holders Barcelona a 2-0 win over Dynamo Kiev in their Group F match.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic caused the Dynamo defence some early problems but it was Messi who opened the scoring in the 25th minute when he cut in from the right and struck a low shot that had enough power to beat Olexandr Shovkovskiy.
The Argentina forward had several chances to double Barca's lead before Pedro picked up Ibrahimovic's pass in the 76th minute and sent a precise shot into the bottom left corner.
The result puts Barca top of Group F on four points from two matches after Inter Milan were held to a 1-1 draw at Rubin Kazan earlier today.
Champions League debutants Rubin Kazan earned their first point in Europe's premier club competition.
Rubin's Argentine forward Alejandro Dominguez stunned the Italian champions with a great solo goal in the 11th minute. Dejan Stankovic equalised 16 minutes later when he was left unmarked to head in Maicon's cross at the far post.
Inter, who had Mario Balotelli sent off on the hour for a second yellow card, were lucky to escape Kazan with a point after the Russians missed a host of chances late in the game.
The draw extended Inter's winless streak in the Champions League to seven matches following their 0-0 stalemate with Barcelona in their Group F opener two weeks ago.
Tonight's Champions League Results
Group E
Debrecen 0 Lyon 4
Fiorentina 2 Liverpool 0
Group F
Barcelona 2 Dynamo Kiev 0
Rubin Kazan 1 Inter Milan 1
Group G
Rangers 1 Sevilla 4
Unirea Urziceni 1 VfB Stuttgart 1
Group H
AZ 1 Standard Liege 1
Arsenal 2 Olympiacos 0
