Rodgers acclaims ‘magnificent’ defeat

Anzhi Makhachkala 1 Liverpool 0

Liverpool, who left the likes of Steven Gerrard and Luis Suarez at home, lost to Lacina Traore’s goal seconds before half-time in Group D.

But Rodgers felt the team, which contained nine Englishmen, a debutant in Conor Coady and had an average age of just under 24, had performed well.