Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson was prevented earning the unwanted record of being the first Reds boss to be knocked out of Europe in August, with the win at Trabzonspor, but it also handed him another one.

The victory was his fourth in succession in Europe - a feat matched only by the legendary Bill Shankly in 1964/65, the club's first season in Europe when they beat Reykjavik and Anderlecht home and away.

However, the 62-year-old was quick to play down his achievement.

"I think it would be remarkably immodest of me to claim any credit for that," said Hodgson, who had opened his European campaign with two wins over Rabotnicki and victory in the first leg against Trabzonspor.

"I don't think Bill Shankly played too many matches in the qualifying rounds against Macedonian teams.

"If I want to boast about having the same number of victories consecutively as Shankly I'll have to win the next two."