Crouch and Benayoun give Reds half-time lead

Liverpool 2 Besiktas 0

Peter Crouch and Yossi Benayoun were both on target as Liverpool battled to keep their Champions League campaign alive tonight.

Needing to beat Besiktas at Anfield to retain any realistic hope of qualifying from Group A, the Reds went straight onto the attack and dominated a lively first half.

They went ahead as Crouch celebrated his return to the side with a goal and added a contentious second through Benayoun after John Arne Riise took a throw-in that should have been Besiktas’.