Reds fail to make Steele buckle

LUKE STEELE had already earned himself lifelong notoriety among Liverpool supporters when he rubbed salt into Merseyside wounds on Saturday night. As if helping Barnsley to a famous victory at Anfield was not enough, the Tykes goalkeeper duly dedicated the triumph to his former Manchester United team-mates.

Steele’s previous Anfield memory had been tarnished by the horrendous leg injury Alan Smith suffered as Liverpool defeated their fierce rivals 1-0 at the same stage of the competition two years ago.

But the 23-year-old said that had been wiped away after marking his Barnsley debut with a man-of-a-match display which booked Simon Davey’s team a place in the quarter-finals at the expense of the seven-times winners.