Football - Besiktas v Liverpool - UEFA Europa League Second Round Second Leg - Istanbul, Turkey - 26/2/15 Liverpool players look dejected after defeat in the penalty shoot out Action Images via Reuters / Andrew Boyers
LONDON (Reuters) - When Dejan Lovren's penalty soared high over the bar in Istanbul the Liverpool players would not have been thinking about silver linings with the chance of a trophy having just slipped away.
Yet as their delayed flight touched down and the weary passengers trudged through Liverpool's John Lennon airport in Friday's early hours, there may have been a collective sigh of relief that an energy-sapping Europa League campaign had ended.
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