Liverpool blew one of their best chances of winning a trophy this
season after suffering an embarrassing 4-2 penalty shoot-out Carling
Cup defeat against League Two side Northampton at Anfield.
- Liverpool 2-2 Northampton Town:As it happened
Having
taken a ninth-minute lead through Milan Jovanovic, his first goal since
joining the club from Standard Liege in the summer, the hosts should
have wrapped up the third round tie.
But Billy McKay and Michael
Jacobs turned things around and although David Ngog snatched a late
equaliser the Cobblers went through on spot-kicks with Abdul Osman
scoring the decisive penalty.
West Brom roared back from a half-time deficit to send Manchester City tumbling out with a 2-1 victory at The Hawthorns.
Gianni
Zuiverloon and Simon Cox turned the match on its head, scoring within
two minutes of each other after Jo had put City in front midway through
the first half.
It was a dismal result for Blues boss Roberto
Mancini, who was forced to field an inexperienced side due to a
combination of injury and Saturday's Premier League match with Chelsea,
but saw the first chance of silverware disappear at the earliest
opportunity.
Wigan staged a dramatic late fightback to snatch a place in the fourth round with a 2-1 victory over valiant Preston.
Jordi Gomez and Charles N'Zogbia struck in the closing three minutes as the Premier League side prevailed at the DW Stadium.
Preston had led after Keith Treacy opened the scoring in the 23rd minute and hit the woodwork twice through Paul Coutts.
Source: DSG