Dominant Red Star sweep Larne aside in Belgrade

UEFA Champions League Red Star Belgrade (9) 5 - 0 Larne FT Red Star Belgrade breezed past Larne and ended their Champions League qualifying campaign with a comprehensive 5-0 victory at the Stadion Rajko Mitic. Dejan Stankovic's side were in control over the Irish Premiership champions after a one-sided 9-0 aggregate scoreline across two legs. A Marko Arnautovic double, an early Aleksandar Katai strike and goals from Loizos Loizou and substitute Osman Bukari in the second half made sure it was Red Star who would progress after last week's 4-0 win at Inver Park. Defeat means Gary Haveron's side will now drop into the third qualifying round of the Europa League and will face Georgia's Iberia 1999. Inver Reds no match for Red Star across two legs It took just three minutes for the hosts to breach the Larne defence for the first time on the night as Katai beat the offside trap and fired into the bottom corner. Katai thought he had his second 13 minutes later, but saw his header ruled out for offside by video assistant referee [VAR]. Just as it looked like the visitors would be going in at the break one goal behind in the second leg, Arnautovic struck with a powerful effort into the roof of the net to double the hosts' advantage on the stroke of half-time. Despite making multiple key saves in the first half, Rohan Ferguson gifted Red Star their third goal just four minutes into the second half after he misplaced a pass into Loizou's path, who calmly converted. Arnautovic grabbed his second of the night on the hour mark with the easiest of tap-ins before substitute Bukari put the icing on the cake for the Serbian champions with their fifth 11 minutes from time.