Djorkaeff dumps holders

Liverpool 2 Bolton 3

The holders went down 3-2 at Anfield, twice fighting back from behind only to concede a late penalty which Youri Djorkaeff converted to see Sam Allardyce's side claim their place in the quarter-finals.

But boss Houllier did not spare his men after they had lost their hold on the trophy they won against Manchester United in Cardiff last season.

Houllier said: "I am very, very angry. And they will certainly know all about it when they report for training.

"We just did not deserve to go through after a performance like that. I was extremely disappointed in my players, we do not have any excuses because we missed too many chances and made too many mistakes.

"Credit to them, they took their chances but we have to blame ourselves after that and make sure we redeem ourselves against Newcastle on Saturday."

On four minutes the visitors were ahead when the unmarked Jardel headed home Djorkaeff's left-wing corner.

Liverpool's response was patchy. A 35-yard free-kick from Riise was spilled by Poole; Smicer lifted the rebound over the bar and a minute later the same player's cross from the right was clipped inches over the bar by Emile Heskey. Dudek then managed to mishandle a speculative 40-yard low drive on the run by Okocha, the ball spinning off his hands for a corner and he somehow managed to hurt his left leg in the embarrassing incident.

In the second half Heskey had a shot headed away from a gaping goal by Campo, while El-Hadji Diouf wasted a great opening created by Murphy because of a poor first touch.

Liverpool were unable to create a meaningful chance, and only a Dudek dive at Jardel's feet stopped Bolton doubling their lead.

On the hour Liverpool brought on Harry Kewell for Diouf and Florent Sinama-Pongolle for Le Tallec as they fought to retrieve the situation.

With Steven Gerrard waiting on the line to come on eventually to replace Djimi Traore Liverpool got the equaliser. Salif Diao's long cross from the left sailed on for Murphy to race in from the left to power a header past Poole.

On 76 minutes Bolton thought they had scored a second when Djorkaeff forced the ball home after an Okocha long throw was not cleared properly.

But referee Mike Riley, after at first looking to give the goal, decided there had been a handball in the build-up.

Three minutes later Bolton got one that did count after Diao had been penalised for a foul just outside the box. Okocha sent in a curling free-kick which crashed past Dudek without the goalkeeper moving a muscle. But Liverpool were not finished. Gerrard fed Smicer through the middle, and he sent an outstanding curling shot past Poole from 25 yards.

Extra time loomed. But Bolton were ahead again in the 89th minute when Diao fouled Kevin Davies in the box and Djorkaeff sent the penalty off a post and past Dudek.

LIVERPOOL: Dudek, Otsemobor, Biscan, Traore (Gerrard 67), Riise, Diouf (Kewell 59), Diao, Murphy, Smicer, Heskey, Le Tallec (Sinama Pongolle 59).

BOLTON: Poole, Barness, N'Gotty (Charlton 83), Thome, Gardner, Djorkaeff (Nolan 90), Campo, Okocha, Ba, Pedersen, Jardel (Davies 62).

Referee: M Riley (W Yorkshire).