Marseille will be over the moon with their result at Anfield last night, beating Liverpool 1-0. The club have struggled in their domestic league, picking up just one win so far this season in Ligue 1.

Liverpool have picked up just one point in their two matches, leaving them third in the group, three points behind Porto, and five points behind Marseille.

Rafael Benitez, who has faced some criticism from his own fans over his rotation policy, last night claimed that the result have nothing to do with the fact he had changed five players from the weekend's Premiership match.

"We couldn't create many chances," Benitez told Sky Sports. "We were not controlling the middle.

"After we conceded we created some chances at the end, but everything was wrong.

Ability

"You must give them (Marseille) credit because they were working hard, were well organised and were pressing and we were giving the ball away.

"We knew it could be like this with the players they have with pace and ability.

"We were trying to change players and trying to change positions. We were trying, but really the team was playing bad."

"No," said the Spanish tactician when asked whether shuffling his pack had an influence on the result.

"We are talking about big names before and we had some big names, but it's not a problem. The team was not good enough."

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