Source: Liverpool_Echo
We deserved more reward for our efforts, claims Liverpool FC boss Roy Hodgson
BOSS Roy Hodgson reflected on Liverpool's slender victory over Trabzonspor in the first leg of their Europa League play-off at Anfield last night and insisted: 'We deserved more.'[LNB]The Reds will only take a 1-0 lead to Turkey for next Thursday's second leg after spurning a host of chances.[LNB]'I think we deserved more from the game,' Hodgson said.[LNB]'In the first half we were not as good as we needed to be and we were lucky to be leading at half-time.[LNB] " We didn't cause them enough problems and we needed to play with more intensity.[LNB]'We did that in the second half and we were unlucky not to score more goals. Our performance in that second half certainly deserved a goal.[LNB]'We only have ourselves to blame in that we missed a penalty but we were unlucky with the disallowed goal.[LNB]'TV replays showed there was no real contact between Joe Cole and their keeper. The keeper was clever enough to cover up his error by pretending to be fouled.
