Stoke City 1 Liverpool 2: match report

Luis Suarez was only a mere teenager when Liverpool last lifted any form of silverware but Kenny Dalglish's hopes of ending the embarrassing drought are improving after an outstanding evening from the Uruguay international.

Suarez produced a devastating display and two exquisitely taken goals to finally end Liverpool's struggles at this most unforgiving of venues.

His winner three minutes from time enabled the visitors to condemn Stoke City to only their second defeat in 22 home games and maybe Dalglish can end this campaign with something tangible, with the FA Cup triumph five years ago an unwanted statistic.

Liverpool may have won the League Cup more than any other club, an impressive seven times, but their experiences of this competition have been frustrating since Gerard Houllier lifted the trophy in 2003.

Their last victory at the unforgiving Britannia Stadium was an 8-0 triumph in November 2000 but Stoke are made of far sterner stuff now, with Tony Pulis continually etching chapters into the club's recent history with each passing campaign.

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