There was disappointment for the Reds' Spanish contingent as Spain's poor start in Group F continued. Pepe Reina and Xabi Alonso were unused subsitutes in their 2-0 defeat to Sweden. Luis Garcia came on as a subsitute for the last half hour.
John Arne Riise was part of the Norway side that were beaten 1-0 in Greece.
Peter Crouch and Steven Gerrard played the full 90 minutes as England were held to a feeble 0-0 at home to Macedonia. Jamie Carragher was an unused subsitute.
Sami Hyypia played for Finland in their disappointing 0-0 draw with Armenia while Daniel Agger was part of the Denmark team held 0-0 at home by Northern Ireland.
Poland beat Kazakhstan 1-0 but Jerzy Dudek failed to make the sixteen.
