(Entertainment-NewsWire.com, January 12, 2012 ) London, UK -- Liverpool are the firm favourites to win this season's Carling Cup according to free bets writer David Walker.
Kenny Dalglish's side ground out a 1-0 victory at Manchester City in the first leg of their semi final when Steven Gerrard scored from the penalty spot after 13 minutes. A foul by Stefan Savic on Liverpool defender Daniel Agger in the box saw referee Lee Mason point to the spot.
City suffered back-to-back home defeats for the first time since February 2008, following their 3-2 FA Cup exit at the hands of bitter rivals Manchester United on Sunday.
Roberto Mancini's side now travel to Anfield in a fortnight's time for the return leg and they must win if they are to progress to a Wembley final for the second time in successive seasons.
Liverpool are in a great position to make the Carling Cup final, said Walker to win on the ground you lost 3-0 at just eight days ago is a great achievement.
In yesterday's preview we singled out Steven Gerrard to score at any time and he was the main danger man for Liverpool. We even mentioned specifically that he could score from the penalty spot and it took just 13 minutes for that prediction to come true."
Manchester City are not out of the competition by any stretch of the imagination and punters may get some value if they back them to win the competition now the odds are a little higher."
As far as the other semi final goes, the bookmakers cannot separate Cardiff City and Crystal Palace, with the Eagles having the slight edge having won the first leg 1-0.
A full Carling Cup betting round up can be found at FreeBetSite.com, where Walker also provides the best odds on who will win the Carling Cup, what league the winner will come from and who the finalists at Wembley will be.
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