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Dejan Lovren missed Liverpool's final penaltyLovren misses key penalty in shootoutBalotelli starts for first time since 8 NovemberScorer Arslan joined Besiktas in JanuaryBa hits crossbar at end of normal timeLiverpool lost their first European penalty shootout as Besiktas knocked them out of the Europa League.

Centre back Dejan Lovren missed the crucial spot kick after Tolgay Arslan's 20 yard curler forced extra time in the round of 32 second leg.

Daniel Sturridge's shot was beaten out by Cenk Gonen as cheap nfl jerseys free shipping Liverpool failed to make their first half superiority tell.

Besiktas were the better cheap nfl jerseys side after that, and almost sealed the tie in 90 minutes as Demba Ba hit the crossbar.

On the spotBesiktas are the third team to have beaten Liverpool in a competitive penalty shootout with Wimbledon doing so in a League Cup fourth round replay in 1993, and Northampton winning in the third round of the same competition in 2010

Liverpool had happy memories of their last penalty shootout at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium, where they beat AC Milan to win the 2005 Champions League, but there was to be no repeat here.

Slaven Bilic's side deserved to go through after recovering from a dreadful opening 45 minutes to dominate the game, meaning that Liverpool are left with the FA Cup as their last realistic hope of a trophy this season.

Mario Balotelli played for 82 minutes as he made his first Liverpool start since 8 November, and largely managed to hold his discipline despite an early booking for a foul on Veli Kavlak.

Liverpool were missing a number of injured key players including captain Steven Gerrard, vice captain Jordan Henderson, centre back Mamadou Sakho and playmaker Philippe Coutinho.

But they should have made more of a number of first half chances, as Raheem Sterling had a shot beaten away somewhat theatrically by keeper Cenk Gonen, then saw a shot on the turn deflected wide by Necip Uysal after Alberto Moreno and Daniel Sturridge had combined to set him up.

Perfect LambertSince joining Southampton in August 2009, Liverpool forward Rickie Lambert successful with his side's first kick in the shootout against Besiktas has scored all 35 of Cheap World Cup Jerseys | Wholesale Jerseys Store the penalties he has taken in club football

Sturridge had Liverpool's best opening before half time, but took too many touches to cut inside Uysal from the right after being played in by Balotelli, Cheap Seahawks Jerseys,NFL Seattle Seahawks Team Uniform Wholesale and Gonen beat out the shot.

Besiktas wholesale team jerseys took 41 minutes to get a shot on target, with Simon Mignolet pushing away an effort from Olcay Sahan.

The home side played with more energy in the second period, as Liverpool lost the initiative in midfield but it was the introduction of former Germany Under 21 midfielder Arslan, signed from Hamburg in January, that gave Besiktas the impetus to get back into the tie.

He gave Rodgers' side a warning with a stunning 35 yard shot that whizzed inches wide of Mignolet's left hand post.

Liverpool's goalkeeper had no chance when Arslan curled a beautiful shot into the top corner from the edge of the penalty area, after Tore's low ball from the left had been flicked on by Ba.

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