A look at how the national media reacted to Liverpool's 3-2 defeat to Fenerbahce in the Champions League

Liverpool suffered their first defeat of the Champions League campaign with a 3-2 loss at Fenerbahce on Wednesday night.

The ECHO was at Chobani Stadium to provide our usual match coverage bundle. From the match verdict, to the player ratings, right through to the post-game analysis and the reaction of head coach Andoni Iraola. We have you covered. You can even read our live blog too if you wish to relive it all.

Our colleagues from the national media were also on hand to give their own takes. Here's what they made of it as the Reds were beaten in Istanbul.

Lewis Steele, of the Daily Mail, writes: "The mad metropolis of Istanbul was the setting for one of Liverpool’s greatest nights, when this storied old club won the 2005 Champions League final down the road at the Ataturk Stadium – but right now fans will be glad to see the back of Turkey for a while.

"For the third time in just over 13 months, the English giants have travelled to the bustling hub on the banks of the Bosphorus only to wilt amid the deafening noise of a Turkish football stadium.

"They lost twice to Galatasaray last season and now, over the river to the Asian side of the intercontinental Istanbul, Liverpool fell flat at the hands of Fenerbahce – thanks to two Englishmen and a friend-turned-foe in the dugout.

"Mason Greenwood and Archie Brown, born in Bradford and Birmingham respectively, both scored for Fenerbahce before Vedat Muriqi scored a winner as caretaker manager Dirk Kuyt, once a cult hero at Anfield, recorded a win in his final game in the dugout.

"As for Liverpool, who jetted home straight after the game and were due to land around 2am English time, they and boss Andoni Iraola were just glad to get out of Turkey, probably with their ears still ringing."

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The Guardian's Andy Hunter pens: "Andoni Iraola arrived in Istanbul seeking improvement from Liverpool’s attack but departed with sudden cause for concern at the opposite end of the pitch. Fenerbahce ignited Dirk Kuyt’s interim spell with a tumultuous victory after Liverpool detonated their 100% Champions League record with several defensive lapses.

"Liverpool’s second successive defeat left Iraola exasperated for entirely different reasons to Sunday’s loss to Arsenal. Blame was found only in the mirror this time around. It was so careless and so unnecessary.

"The visitors led twice, through Trey Nyoni’s first senior goal and a header from substitute Alexander Isak, but Fenerbahce twice hit back quickly and snatched victory when Vedat Muriqi emerged as the strongest player from a pack of red shirts. Fenerbahce’s first goal came from a free-kick, their second from a corner and their third from a long throw-in."

On the pages of The Mirror, Samuel Meade reflects: "Irrespective of the result, it was soon apparent that having Bradley Barcola as the central point of Liverpool's attack was not going to be a long-term thing.

"The Frenchman was given the nod in one of the more surprising selection calls of the night. Him playing wasn't a surprise. Him playing as the No 9 with Alexander Isak on the bench was.

"Barcola's USP has long been his pace, and that is best used out on the flanks. Either challenging full-backs or having the license to make those out to in runs which allow him to find himself in central spaces.

"Naturally the ex-PSG man is not the most physical, nor he is renowned for his ability to bring others into play. Both of those are assets for someone leading a line. There's no doubt it stunted Liverpool's attack, which relied heavily upon the individual quality of Rio Ngumoha.

"If Iraola was looking to see how he'd manage if Isak was a long-term absentee as Hugo Ekitike remains sidelined, then it's fair to say he can conclude that Barcola will not be his answer. The natural No.9 needed only three minutes to find, what would be, the winner."

The Times' Peter Rutzler writes: "Istanbul will always be a special place for Liverpool supporters but, in recent times, visits to this city have become an exercise in pulling teeth when facing Turkish clubs.

"Fenerbahce, led by former Anfield favourite Dirk Kuyt, twice came from behind to secure a famous victory at a raucous Sukru Saracoglu Stadium, leaving Liverpool winless in six visits to Istanbul’s Super Lig sides and without a victory in Turkey at all since Kuyt was a Liverpool player 16 years ago.

"Kuyt used Liverpool’s 2005 Champions League final comeback against AC Milan in this city as inspiration for his players here — 'We told each other to stick together and be united, that’s something I learned from Liverpool, we made a miracle tonight' — and hailed his team’s spirit.

"Vedat Muriqi nodded home the winner with ten minutes left, outmuscling three defenders all too easily, but it was a night of frustration for Kuyt’s counterpart Andoni Iraola, whose front-three experiment failed to ignite while uncharacteristic errors defending set pieces proved costly."

And the ECHO's own verdict writes: "If the first two campaigns of the revamped Champions League are anything to go by, this defeat at Fenerbahce is only likely to be cosmetic damage for Liverpool.

"Reverses at Galatasaray and PSV in the last two terms haven’t been enough to derail progress to the knockout stages. So what should alarm Andoni Iraola most about this 3-2 loss is the manner of the collapse.

"After substitute Alexander Isak had nodded the Reds into the lead with his first touch, that should have been enough for this team to shut up shop against a Fenerbahce side full of players whose best days are largely confined to a different era of the Premier League.

"Instead, Iraola’s men had their senses scrambled by the Istanbul din. Liverpool fans of a certain vintage understand the reference of 'six crazy minutes', when their three-goal deficit to AC Milan in the 2005 Champions League final was wiped out in remarkable fashion in the Ataturk Stadium. This, however, was a different kind of six crazy Istanbul minutes."