LONDON (AP) – Barcelona revived their chances of holding onto the Champions League title with a 2-0 victory over Inter Milan yesterday, while Fiorentina and Arsenal advanced to the last 16 and five-time winner Liverpool was eliminated.

In danger of going out of the competition if the results had gone badly, Barcelona raised their game to comfortably beat the Italian champions with goals by Gerard Pique and Pedro Rodriguez at Camp Nou and climb to the top of the Group F standings.

The victory lifted Barcelona from third to first and all but ensured qualification, while Inter are now in danger of going out. Jose Mourinho’s team is level on six points with newly crowned Russian champion Rubin Kazan which was held 0-0 at home by Dynamo Kiev.

To make it even more exciting going to the final round of games on December 9, last-place Kiev could still qualify. They have five points and, if they beat Barcelona at home and Inter and Rubin draw in Milan, then Barca and Kiev will go through.

Fiorentina made it to the second round with a 1-0 victory over Lyon, who had already qualified from Group E, and that result put Liverpool out despite a 1-0 victory at Hungary’s Debrecen.

Juan Vargas’ 29th-minute penalty was enough for Fiorentina’s fourth victory in five group games and sent the Italian side through with 12 points.

Lyon dropped to second and, although David Ngog’s goal in Budapest gave Liverpool victory and seven points, they can’t catch either of the teams above and will drop into the Europa League as consolation for finishing third.

Arsenal qualified for the last 16 with a 2-0 home victory over Standard Liege with goals by Sami Nasri and Denilson and guaranteed finishing as group winners. Second-placed Olympiakos were held 0-0 by AZ Alkmaar and hold a three-point lead over Standard Liege going into the final round of games.

Romanian champions Unirea beat already qualified Sevilla 1-0 at home to move closer to a place in the last 16 on its debut in the competition.

Despite languishing in the Bundesliga relegation zone, Stuttgart shrugged off their dismal domestic form by winning 2-0 away to Rangers to stay in contention for the knock-out round but still two points behind Unirea, who they host next.

Of the 16 teams in action today, Manchester United, Chelsea, Porto, and Bordeaux have already made it to the knock-out phase, but multiple former champions Real Madrid, AC Milan, Bayern Munich and Juventus still have work to do to join them.