Can We Heap More Misery On The City Of Liverpool?

Last updated : 23 September 2010 By Footy Mad - Editor

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Yes ... it's time to "calm down - calm down" as 1970s-style perms are getting out of control.

Do you remember when Kevin Keegan took us to the Premiership back in 1993, our first season in the top flight after four years of hell in Division Two?

We beat both Liverpool and Everton home and away.

Everton 1-0 at SJP with a goal from Malcolm Allen, and 2-0 at Goodison, goals from Andy Cole and Peter Beardsley.

The Reds fell 3-0 at SJP due to a three-goal masterclass from Andy Cole, and 2-0 at Anfield (Rob Lee and Andy Cole).

We didn't even concede a single goal. It's early days, we've only played the Toffees (so far) but beat them 1-0 at Goodison, and I get the feeling in my water we COULD do it again.

Everton crashed out of the League Cup to Brentford on Tuesday, and Liverpool are the laughing stock of the country this morning.

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Scunthorpe 2 Man United 5
Chelsea 3 Newcastle 4
West Brom 2 Man City 1
Liv'pool 2 N'mpton (2-4 pens)
Aston Villa 3 Blackburn 1
Wigan 2 Preston 1

Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson apologised to fans for the club's Carling Cup exit at the hands of npower League Two Northampton, admitting he and the players had to accept responsibility for the defeat.

Hodgson: "I don't think we came anywhere near what I hoped to see apart from in the last 15 minutes of extra-time when we made a superb effort after going 2-1 down.

"When it goes to penalties and you are at home and in front of the Kop your hope is that at least the players will have the composure and confidence to win the penalty shoot-out but we didn't.

"All I can do is congratulate Northampton and apologise to everyone; the fans came expecting to see us win and I expected us to win but it wasn't to be.

"These players have to accept responsibility. I accept responsibility for changing a lot of players in the team, I did it because I honestly thought the players I put on the field were good enough to win the game and they weren't.

"The obvious conclusion to that was I shouldn't have changed that many players but we should have been strong enough to get a result.

"We must all take our responsibility. I am just bitterly disappointed that the team I had so much faith in did not repay that faith this evening with the exception of one or two performances."

Abdul Osman stroked home a penalty to hand npower League Two Northampton a famous Carling Cup triumph at Anfield and heap more woe upon Liverpool's new boss Roy Hodgson.

Osman's strike which capped a 4-2 spot-kick win for the Cobblers sent boos cascading around Anfield on a night when Hodgson's men had been lucky to take the game into extra-time at all.

Milan Jovanovic had given the hosts a ninth minute lead but they failed to make the most of their possession and Northampton's new-found confidence was underlined by Billy McKay's 56th minute equaliser.

Michael Jacobs looked like he might have won it for the visitors with his strike 10 minutes into the extra period but David Ngog bundled home the equaliser four minutes from time to take the game to penalties.

Manchester City were another big-name casualty as they blew a one-goal lead to lose 2-1 to West Brom at The Hawthorns.

City went ahead through Jo in the 19th minute but the Baggies were level 10 minutes after the break through Gianni Zuiverloon and Simon Cox's quick second turned the game on its head.

Even holders Manchester United had a scare as they went behind to Josh Wright's early goal at Scunthorpe before United replied through Darron Gibson, Chris Smalling, Park Ji-Sung and two goals from Michael Owen.

Martyn Woolford hit a last minute consolation for the home side as United ran out 5-2 winners.

Gerard Houllier marked his first game in charge of Aston Villa with a 3-1 win over Blackburn at Villa Park, thanks mainly to a late brace from Ashley Young after Emile Heskey cancelled out Gael Givet's opener.

Wigan left it late to overcome Preston at the DW Stadium with Charles N'Zogbia and Jordi Gomez both scoring in the last three minutes to overturn Keith Treacy's early effort.