Heskey hero as Reds hang on

Blackburn 3 Liverpool 4

Emile Heskey was the match winner with two goals while Lucas Neill was sent off his second red card against Liverpool this season.

Danny Murphy equalised from the resulting penalty to make it 1-1 at half-time after Dwight Yorke had given Blackburn a deserved lead in the Carling Cup third round. Blackburn began somewhat nervously but their confidence was boosted when David Thompson intercepted Steven Gerrard's hopeless pass and fired in a tremendous shot that was only a foot wide of Chris Kirkland's post.