Liverpool 1 Carlisle 1 (Liverpool win 3-2 on penalties): Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers’ torturous season continued as they scraped through a Capital One Cup tie on penalties against League Two side Carlisle last night.

Alex Ferguson was not in attendance for Manchester United as their quest for a fifth League Cup crown began against Scunthorpe in a Carling Cup third-round tie at Glanford Park.

Stockport boss Chris Turner has rejected a request from Liverpool to take in-demand teenager Michael Raynes on trial.