Tommy Smith: Give Roy Hodgson great credit for Liverpool FC's Europa League win in Turkey

WELL done to Liverpool - and well done Roy Hodgson. After the dismay of losing 3-0 at City and the controversy over Javier Mascherano, the last thing anyone really needed was to be heading to eastern Turkey to defend a 1-0 lead with top stars like Gerrard, Torres and Agger all missing. But Roy Hodgson showed faith in the players he took out there and it has all paid off.After conceding so early on Thursday it looked like even more doom and gloom was on the cards. I played in Turkey against Trabzonspor in the 70s and to say the atmosphere out there is hostile is a vast understatement.On top of that, the pitch was poor and the weather atrocious. But I thought Liverpool then found and kept their nerve and passed the ball well without panicking.I don't know what Roy said to them at half time but it worked because they just got better and better.

Source: Liverpool_Echo