Celtic may come to regret not making Jo Inge Berget's loan a permanent move as his double for Swedish side Malmo saw them only lose 3-2 away in their Champions League play-off first leg match on Wednesday and leave the Scottish champions hopes of a place in the group stage in the balance.
Elsewhere Valencia's hopes of a return to the lucrative group stages after a three year hiatus look more assured after beating last season's quarter-finalists Monaco 3-1 in Spain, the impressive Algerian international Sofiane Feghouli creating one and scoring the crucial third goal.
Ukrainian giants Shakhtar Donetsk also look nicely-placed for the group stages - they have reached it on every occasion since the 2009/10 campaign - after coming away with a 1-0 win against Rapid Vienna, who were last in the group stages in 2005/06.
Skenderbeu's chances of becoming the first Albanian side to make the group stages of a European club competition look slender after losing 2-1 at home to Dinamo Zagreb, the Croatian side coming from behind with Algerian El Arabi Hilal Soudani getting the equaliser and then in the dying second Josip Pivaric scored the winner.
Berget made Celtic pay badly for failing to keep their concentration both times after they had a seemingly comfortable two goal advantage - a bad habit that has been a feature of their recent play and the players had been warned about correcting by Celtic manager Ronny Deila. The Norwegian - who has lost just once in seven meetings with Malmo counterpart and compatriot Age Hareide - could not have hoped for a better response as his side stormed into a 2-0 lead within the opening 10 minutes.
Valencia coach Nuno Espirito Santo, who had to field a side without influential defender Nicolas Otamendi who appears set for a move to Manchester City, was delighted they had come out on top. "It is a very important victory," he said.
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Scoreboard Australia 1st Innings
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C. Rogers c Cook b Wood 43
D. Warner c Lyth b Ali 85
S. Smith not out 78
M. Clarke c Buttler b Stokes 15
A. Voges not out 47
Extras: (b1, lb16, w1, nb1) 19
Total: (3 wkts, 79.4 overs, 367 mins) 287
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To bat: M Marsh, P Nevill, M Johnson, P Siddle, M Starc, N Lyon
Fall of wickets: 1-110 (Rogers), 2-161 (Warner), 3-186 (Clarke)
Bowling: Broad 15-3-43-0; Wood 18-5-41-1 (1w); Stokes 16-5-59-1; Finn 20.4-2-78-0 (1nb); Ali 10-1-49-1
England: Adam Lyth, Alastair Cook (capt), Ian Bell, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (wkt), Moeen Ali, Stuart Broad, Mark Wood, Steven Finn
Toss: England
Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK), Kumar Dharmasena (SRI)
TV umpire: S Ravi (IND)
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL)
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