Debrecen goalkeeper Vukasin Poleksic has strongly denied trying to influence a Champions League match against Liverpool in 2009 — just hours after his club confirmed the clash was part of a match-fixing investigation.

The Hungarian side said UEFA had taken action against Poleksic in 2010 for not reporting approaches from fixers before two European matches against Liverpool and Fiorentina respectively. Poleksic was banned for two years but the UEFA charge at the time only specified Fiorentina — and Liverpool say they have never been notified by any organisation that the match at Anfield was under investigation.