WRAPUP 1-Soccer-Bayern held, Atletico lose in UEFA Cup

By Justin Palmer

LONDON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Bayern Munich had to scrap for a 2-2 draw at Aberdeen and Atletico Madrid lost 1-0 at Bolton Wanderers as the UEFA Cup heavyweights struggled in last 32 first-leg matches on Thursday.

Four-times European champions Bayern twice came from behind at Pittodrie as the Scottish Premier League side threatened to repeat their achievement from 1983 when they stunned the Bavarians 3-2 in the quarter-finals of the Cup Winners' Cup.

Atletico suffered their first away defeat in Europe this season, Senegal striker El Hadj Diouf's 74th-minute goal handing Bolton victory just seconds after the Spanish side's Argentine striker Sergio Aguero had been sent off at the Reebok Stadium.

Two-times winners Tottenham Hotspur won 2-1 at Slavia Prague, Fiorentina overcame Rosenborg 1-0 in Norway, Hamburg SV took command of their tie against FA Zurich with a 3-1 win in Switzerland and Benfica beat Bundesliga strugglers Nuremberg 1-0 in Lisbon.

Two on-loan players from English Premier League clubs provided the catalyst for a pulsating Aberdeen performance in which they combined swift counter-attacks with gritty defence in the face of greater Bayern possession.

Striker Omatsone Aluko, on-loan from Birmingham City, set up 18-year-old Josh Walker, on-loan from Middlesbrough, to curl in a fine opening goal from 25 metres.

Aluko also produced a finish of the highest calibre just before halftime, dinking the ball past a Bayern defender before volleying sweetly past stand-in keeper Michael Rensing, deputising for the ill Oliver Kahn.

In between, Miroslav Klose hauled Bayern level and their second equaliser on 55 minutes came after Alan Maybury had handled Ze Roberto's cross. Hamit Altintop's penalty was parried by keeper Jamie Langfield but the midfielder converted the rebound.