Carling Cup win eases Liverpool anxiety

iverpool have recorded a number of great triumphs with the help of penalty shootouts. This was not one of them.Wembley 2012 will not be remembered with the same fondness as Rome 1984, Istanbul 2005 or Cardiff 2006. This was, after all, the Carling Cup against Cardiff City, a team from the Championship.Nevertheless, Liverpool's shamelessly exuberant celebrations in north London on Sunday evening were understandable, given the stress, trauma and anxiety during the Merseyside club's recent history.

Source: Daily_Mail