Another testing night for Brendan Rodgers as Liverpool survive major scare

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.

After Danny Ings’ second goal in as many games for the Reds was cancelled out by Derek Asamoah in the first half to see the scores level at 1-1 after 90 minutes, the match eventually went to spot-kicks where debutant Adam Bogdan was their saviour with three saves.

But the cheer around Anfield as the Hungarian goalkeeper denied Bastien Hery was more relief than anything else.