Uefa Cup round-up:  Blackburn Rovers crashed out of the Uefa Cup after giving themselves too much to do at Ewood Park.  Despite coming from behind to beat Larissa, Mark Hughes' side tumbled out on aggregate but Tottenham, Everton, Bolton and Aberdeen all progressed to the group stages.

Trailing 2-0 to Larissa after the first leg in Greece, a well-taken strike from Silva Cleyton after 17 minutes left Blackburn requiring four goals to progress.

Matt Derbyshire scored a penalty in first-half injury-time and Stephen Warnock fired a fine second on the volley from David Bentley's cross six minutes after the break - but ultimately it proved too little, much too late.

Robbie Keane saved Martin Jol from an embarrassing defeat against Famagusta in Cyprus as Tottenham booked their place in the group stages in unconvincing fashion.

Fabinho had given the hosts the lead but Republic of Ireland captain Keane came off the bench to level on the night after the Premier League side had established a 6-1 lead from the first leg a fortnight ago.

Jol looked as relaxed as he has been all season as Spurs created chances for Jermain Defoe in the first half.  But he was more animated in the second half when Fabinho broke the deadlock.

The hosts took the lead in the 54th minute when Nikolaos Frousos controlled a hanging cross and pulled back for Fabinho to volley neatly into the bottom corner, giving Paul Robinson no chance.

Keane then came on for Young-Pyo Lee to beef up Spurs' attack and he got his goal in the 78th minute. Bale crossed from the left and Bent dummied, with Keane side-footing into the top corner.

Everton secured a place in the group stages thanks to a battling second-half display in Ukraine.

They looked on their way out of the competition at the break in front of a passionate home support in the Ukraine.

But goals from Joleon Lescott, James McFadden and substitute Victor Anichebe sealed a big win for David Moyes' team.

McFadden said his goal was "up there alongside" his cracker for Scotland in France last month.

"It was a tough game but we had belief and knew we'd score goals," he said.   "It was shaky at times but we got the right result in the end. It's nice to score goals but when it means as much as it did tonight it was extra special."

Nicolas Anelka stepped off the substitutes' bench to fire a 68th-minute winner and send Bolton through and give under-fire manager Sammy Lee some much-need respite.

Lee made seven changes for a match he simply could not afford to lose - a bold gamble and one which at times threatened to backfire spectacularly against the Macedonian league leaders, who threatened on the counter-attack.

But Anelka's sixth goal of the season, a looping header from fellow substitute Stelios Giannakopoulos, settled the Trotters' nerves and reinforced the value of a player worth his weight in gold to the unfashionable Lancashire club.

Darren Mackie headed his first goal of the season to put Aberdeen through and complete a memorable week for Scottish football.

The striker's 27th-minute diving header gave the Dons a 1-0 lead on the night and on aggregate, meaning Dnipro needed two goals.

Aberdeen survived a late onslaught after Andriy Vorobey's scrappy equaliser with 15 minutes left but progressed on away goals.

Selected Uefa Cup results
Anorthosis Famagusta 1-1 Tottenham (Agg: 2-7)
Blackburn 2-1 Larissa (Agg: 2-3)
Bolton 1-0 Rabotnicki Kometal (Agg: 2-1)
Dnipro 1-1 Aberdeen (Agg: 1-1, Aberdeen on away goals)
FC Metalist Kharkiv 2-3 Everton (Agg: 3-4)