"The players that played and started the game had done very well.
"Jonjo, in that false nine role, did very well - he was causing them problems floating between the lines and we scored one and could have had three because of his movement.
"The team was functioning well and it was just the goals [conceded] which were disappointing.
"I would expect us to see that through."
On a bright note the much-maligned midfielder Cole had one of his better performances, providing the assist for Shelvey's goal and then latching on to a Steven Gerrard pass to score his first goal for the club since April 2011.
"Joe Cole gave everything. It was a terrific pass to Suso early in the game to set up the first goal and he gets his finish for the second. There was a number of positives," added Rodgers.
"I think he is still not 100 per cent but he came in and was much better in his offensive part of his game.
"He was clever and bright in between people and that is the nature of those guys at the top end of the field: they have to create goals and score goals."
The task of making the last 32 has now been made much harder but Rodgers insists they will take it in their stride.
"It's simple enough, we've got to get a good result and match the result of Young Boys," he said.
"Ideally we'd have qualified last night but we haven't so it has to go to the last game and we have to control our affairs then."
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