Liverpool meet an aloft job to go ahead from the last 16 of the Europa League when Eden Hazard's goal gave a dangerous Lille team a first-leg advance.
After the French side brilliant start, it took a capitally double save from Mickael Landreau to refuse Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres and keep parity.
Yohan Cabaye went close afore Hazard's free-kick pass over a packed penalty area and into the far corner.
Torres endangered late on but was overcrowded out by a scuffle defence.
After stumbled up away to Wigan three days ago in the Premier League, Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez had insisted the game would secure his team an straightaway chance to restore their stride.
The French team withheld Valencia at Stadium Lille Metropole to a draw in the group stages and their fresh passing in the starting 20 minutes propose Benitez might be pleased to renew his previous club's result.
As time expire Torres was allowed a short look of goal but the ball was ushered away before the forward could pull the trigger.
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