Champions League | Brendan Rodgers hails 'character' of Liverpool after draw at Ludogorets

Champions League | Brendan Rodgers hails 'character' of Liverpool after draw at Ludogorets

Brendan Rodgers praised the character of his Liverpool team after they drew 2-2 with Ludogorets in Sofia on the 5th day.

Liverpool went behind after three minutes of confrontation Champions League group B on Wednesday night in a goal from Dani Abalo, his second consecutive against the Merseyside club games, but Rickie Lambert levelled for the visitors in the eighth minute before Jordan Henderson gave them the lead eight minutes before halftime.

Even if Liverpool could not hold the victory and conceded moments before the final whistle, the Northern Irishman was impressed by their performance.

Rodgers said: "the team showed wonderful character tonight. Go a goal behind in this competition therefore from the outset; "you really need a team that is set and has a mind and I think that the qualification of the team has really come out."

It has been a disappointing season for the club so far, with the prolonged injury to Daniel Sturridge and indifferent performance on the ground - but the Manager believes that it is not as bad as it sounds.

The man in charge is going to be worn by the first goals of the Champions League for Lambert and Henderson, as improving the performance by teenager Raheem Sterling.

He added: "we are obviously disappointed by the goal at the end, but it is not relevant, you have to win the last game against Basel." And I think that at the beginning of the competition, we would have looked at that as the game that would have seen us through. »

Basel visit Anfield in the final group game, the winner ensuring their place in the knockout stage of the competition.

If Liverpool fail to win, they will slide into the Europa League.

That said, the former Swansea boss admits there is still work to do.

He added: "the best competitors have strong mental attitudes, and we have not participated well enough in the games we lost. We must return to the standards we have set for ourselves. Tonight is a good start for us. It is necessary to recover and who will be first League.

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