30 July,2010 07:21 AM IST | | AFP
European giants Liverpool began life under new coaches Roy Hodgson with w victory in the first leg of their Europa League third round qualifier yesterday.
A David Ngog brace gave the Kops a 2-0 victory at Macedonian minnows Rabotnicki
Liverpool have had to undergo the ignominy of the Europa League preliminary rounds after finishing seventh in the EPL last season, prompting a managerial change at Anfield.
With 10 World Cup players including Steven Gerrard, Joe Cole and Javier Mascherano all short of fitness, Hodgson fielded a team partly made up of fringe players at the Filip II Arena in Skopje.
Liverpool took the lead in the 17th minute when Lucas picked out Ngog and the Frenchman capitalised on Egzon Belica's slip to dink the ball over goalkeeper Martin Bogatinov and then tap it into the empty net. Ngog made it
2-0 shortly before the hour when he crisply volleyed in Martin Kelly's right-wing cross from six yards out.
