Brendan Rodgers under scrutiny after Liverpool scrape past Carlisle

Liverpool’s laboured Capital One Cup penalty shoot-out victory over League Two Carlisle did little to ease the pressure on manager Brendan Rodgers.

Despite the positive of seeing summer signing Danny Ings score for the second successive match, Derek Asamoah equalised in the first half and – despite having 47 shots – the Reds could not add to the 1-1 scoreline over 120 minutes and were taken to spot-kicks.