Well that second half was a bit of a eye opener, back to our turgid displays from earlier in the season.
Once the Turks decided they would come out and play we had no answer and were comprehensively beaten up in midfield.
The game showed why Can has a long way to go before he can be considered a starter in that position, he had no influence of control part from constantly giving the ball away. Oh boy we sorely missed Hendo out there tonight and for his control and esppecially energy something which Can needs improving.
Emre was not helped by having minimal outlets mainly because Sturridge decided to turn into Balotelli tonight.
How many times did Raheem either give the ball away or was simply nudged off it tonight.
Terrible decision to remove Balotelli in effect losing our best penalty taker.
Rodgers again showed his lack of experience in Europe, which will come I suppose with time.
I'm not overly bothered we went out but the manner of defeat was hugely dissapointing, not one shot on target in the second half.
Would been a huge task fighting on 3 fronts so we can concentrate on the league and FA Cup now.
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