Well Done To The Young Backline

8 Nov 2006 Birmingham 0-1 Liverpool - Carling Cup 4th round

BBC - Daniel Agger volleyed in from close range in the seven minutes of first-half stoppage time added after Sissoko fell awkwardly on his shoulder. Just past the hour Maik Taylor saved a penalty from Craig Bellamy after Radhi Jaidi had fouled Mark Gonzalez. Birmingham had chances but Jerzy Dudek denied DJ Campbell and Julian Gray.

Agger: "Of course the important thing was to win the game but it was also good for me to score and for the defence to keep a clean sheet. It has been a perfect night because we have all done our jobs and got the right result."

BBC - Liverpool will be without influential midfielder Mohamed Sissoko for three months as he requires surgery on his dislocated shoulder.

Xabi: "If he's out, it's clear we'll have to change something in the team. There are times when we've played without him before and we've still managed to get good results. But now we will have to think of a new system and I'm sure Rafa will do something.
Stevie and I have played together in the middle a lot. Sometimes it's worked really well and other times we've had some problems. We know we need to work together to find the balance which is important for the team."