Reds overcome shaky start to progress in Turkey.

By Amy Quinn, writing from Dublin

Liverpool were forced to come back from a deficit once again in Turkey, as they recorded only their second ever win in the country against Trabzonspor in the Europa League third round qualifiers.

From the outset, it looked as if Liverpool fans’ week was about to get significantly worse. Pre-match news hadn’t been encouraging, with Gerrard, Torres, Agger, Maxi, Jovanovic and Mascherano all left out due to injury, for rest, or strike action. Hodgson fielded a mixed squad, bolstered by first team regulars Johnson, Carragher, Reina, Lucas, Kuyt and Cole, but with the young Martin Kelly in the tricky left back spot, Aurelio on the left wing and Ngog up front alone. It was raining in Trabzon as the two sides got started, but it couldn’t have begun any better for the local side as a Dirk Kuyt mistake led to Teofilo Guitierrez’s goal which leveled the aggregate score.