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David Ngog got the Roy Hodgson era off to the perfect start as Liverpool secured a 2-0 win over FK Rabotnicki in the Europa League third qualifying round on Thursday night.
The French star netted a clinical brace as the Reds produced a mature performance to ensure they will head into next week's second-leg in the driving seat.
His first arrived inside 15 minutes as he danced his way through the home defence after collecting Lucas Leiva's quickly taken free-kick before dinking beyond the goalkeeper.
And Ngog secured the win with a fine volleyed finish from Martin Kelly's cross just before the hour mark.
Ahead of the game Hodgson had challenged his young team to step up to the challenge of facing a well-drilled side with extensive experience of playing European football at this time of the year.
