Liverpool 2-1 Ludogoret
Liverpool win through a last gasp penalty by Stephen Gerrald after Mario Balloteli’s opener in the 82nd minute is leveled by Dani Abalo. In the added minutes of the game Javi Manquillo is brought down by Milan Borjan and the chance gives Liverpool the winner. Rodgers:
We are still a work in progress but in this tournament you need to win your home games and we did that. Mario’s goal will give him confidence, he worked hard for the team tonight but at half-time I told him to get into the box more. That’s where we need him.
Aston Villa 1-0 Liverpool
Gabriel Agbonlahor gives Aston Villa a win at Anfield stadium in the 9th minute. Rodgers:
We were slow in our pressing and passing early on and gave away a bad goal, but then we upped it.It was a frustrating day but I think it was a combination of Aston Villa defending well and us failing to find that wee bit of quality. We had enough of the ball but could not find the penetration in the final third.
