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Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers and Besiktas coach Slaven Bilic both held news conferences in Istanbul, Turkey, ahead of their Europa League tie.

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SOUNDBITE (English) Brendan Rodgers, Liverpool manager:

"Our squad picked up some knock, some previous and some from the weekend. But we still have a squad strong enough to hopefully get the job complete. But yeah we have got some knocks and wiggles from the weekend."

SOUNDBITE (English) Brendan Rodgers, Liverpool manager:

"I don't think so. Our goalkeeper had to make a good save, a very good save from Demba Ba, but apart from I think that we dominated the (last) game. But we respect our opponent. We are not arriving in Turkey, being arrogant enough to think that it would be comfortable.

We understand that it is a difficult game. But this is a team that has been playing very very well away from home. Not just Anfield, away from home, we are performing extremely well. We look forward to it. "

SOUNDBITE (English) Brendan Rodgers, Liverpool manager:

"For us to go there and play with a lot of young players, against a good team, we look forward to that. If you look at the size of pitch, in terms of Premier League it would be the third biggest pitch. We are looking forward to the atmosphere and, like I said, we want to get the job complete."