Video Anzhi Makhachkala 1 - 0 Liverpool

There was no Liverpool red army marching on Moscow. It was more like the boy scouts succumbing to the mercenaries of Anzhi Makhachkala.
A solitary goal in first-half added time by Lacina Traore left Brendan Rodgers sweating on European qualification. It means he will have no choice but to replace the cadets with his generals for the remaining group games.
Anfield’s fountains of youth were drizzled across the deserted Lokomotiv Stadium, but by full time they were awash with dejection.
It was a commendable effort by an inexperienced line-up, but having witnessed so many glorious European excursions, one could not help wonder how, and why, Liverpool have come to this. So bereft of numbers they have had to experiment with 30 players in Europe, most from the club’s kindergarten unit.
Rodgers added teenager Conor Coady and defender Jon Flanagan to the teenage roll call. All the youngsters acquitted themselves as well as could be expected, but the evening served only to underline how much more work needs to be done to replenish the squad.

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The absence of Steven Gerrard, Luis Suárez and Joe Allen ensured that Stewart Downing and Joe Cole had yet another opportunity to salvage what is left of their reputations after their performances in the Capital One Cup. They did not succeed.
Cole bashing has become rather like giving a drowned kitten an extra soaking, but his 77 unconvincing minutes simply confirmed the fact he is a delicate financial negotiation away from leaving Anfield.
He has invented a new position in a Liverpool shirt – the 'false 10’. He was also one of several false nines prior to his exit here. Indeed, this was a side picked for damage limitation and the strategy was working until the first minute of injury time.
Jordan Henderson chased a one-on-one with Anzhi goalkeeper Vladimir Gabulov on 23 minutes after Adam Morgan’s through ball, but the midfielder chose to pass across goal.
A tedious first half looked to be drifting to a monotonous conclusion for the visitors until Traore’s clever flick embarrassed Sebastian Coates, and he chipped the onrushing Brad Jones.
The substitutions arrived with Spanish duo Suso and Dani Pacheco replacing Morgan and Coady. Suso forced Gabulov into his first meaningful action, a save from 20 yards in the 77th minute.
By then, Anzhi were offering more attacking threat, Samuel Eto’o ending a period of anonymity by testing Jones.
“We are disappointed with the result because our concentration was good and tactically we controlled the game for 44 minutes and 55 seconds,” said Rodgers. “Then we make a bad mistake and get punished. It means we now have a big game next against Young Boys. The defeat had nothing to do with Suárez, Gerrard, Allen or Skrtel and Agger not being here. It’s disrespectful to the players here to say that.”
You can still expect the full regiment back on parade at Anfield for the next Europa League encounter.
Match details
Anzhi Makhachkala (4-2-3-1): Gabulov; Tagirbekov, Carlos, Samba, Logashov; Boussoufa, Jucilei; Ahmedov (Gonzalez 30, Lakhiyalov 90), Zhirkov, Eto’o; Traore (Smolov 81).
Subs: Pomazan (g), Gadzhibekov, Agalarov, Burmistrov.
Liverpool (3-5-2): Jones; Coates, Carragher, Wisdom; Downing, Henderson, Coady (Suso 61), Shelvey, Flanagan; Cole, (Assaidi 77), Morgan (Pacheco 61).
Subs: Gulacsi (g), Wilson, Sama, Robinson.
Booked Shelvey, Flanagan.
Referee: D Borbalan (Spain).