Tony Watt helped Standard Liege into the final play-off round for a place in the Champions League with a 2-1 win away to Panathinaikos tonight.
The Greek’s were strongly fancied to go through after drawing the first leg 0-0 in Belgium last week.
Panathinaikos got off to the perfect start when Dino Arslanagic put through his own keeper in the 17th minute but before the interval Standard put themselves in front.
Yanis Mbombo equalised in the 36th minute with Paul-Jose Mpoku putting the visitors in front four minutes from half-time.
Watt replaced Carzela Gonzales ten minutes into the second half with the Belgian side holding on comfortably despite Panathinaikos enjoying the bulk of possession.
After finishing runners-up to Anderlecht in last season’s title race Standard will face another non-champion side in the final qualifying round where they could be drawn against Arsenal, Porto, Napoli, Zenit St Petersburg or Bayer Leverkusen.
Previewing the match Standard coach Guy Luxon said: “We will just have to play our own game and deal with the pressure of the Panathinaikos supporters.
“After the first match Panathinaikos are the favourites but an away goal can change that and I’m confident that we have the players who can put the ball in the net.
“It’s a very important match for both teams, we know what qualifying for the group stages would mean for the club and it’s our goal to achieve that.”
The draw for the final qualifying round will take place on Thursday with five places available through the champions route and five from the non-champions path.