Reds seal win but may yet rue missed chances

RYAN BABEL handed Liverpool a slender advantage in their Europa League play-off last night but Joe Cole’s miserable week continued.

Babel, playing as a lone striker for a much-changed Reds side, struck in injury time of an otherwise dismal first half against Trabzonspor at Anfield.

Liverpool should have won more convincingly but big-name new signing Cole, sent off against Arsenal on Sunday and found guilty of speeding on Wednesday, missed a second-half penalty.