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• Italian says Liverpool’s spot-kick should not have been given
• Defeat will not affect title hopes, says City manager

Roberto Mancini was left nursing a “sense of injustice” at Anfield after the Manchester City old boy Craig Bellamy inspired Liverpool to victory in the Carling Cup semi-final and their first appearance at Wembley stadium for 16 years.

For Kenny Dalglish Liverpool’s passage was the perfect response to his outspoken attack on the team after the defeat at Bolton Wanderers on Saturday and further evidence of progress in his first full season in charge before the watching John

The best images from the second leg of the Carling Cup semi-final at Anfield

Jonny Weeks

Craig Bellamy leads by example as Roberto Mancini blunders and Manchester City feel the absence of Mario Balotelli

1 Reds respond to Dalglish’s warning and Bellamy’s lead

Three shots on target in the opening 11 minutes dispelled any doubts over Liverpool’s response to the abysmal performance at Bolton Wanderers on Saturday and the subsequent public condemnation from Kenny Dalglish. Not that there should have been motivation required for a semi-final on home soil and with a first appearance at Wembley in 16 years the prize. “You cannot paint a pretty story if there is not one to be painted,” the Liverpool manager reiterated on the eve of the game, and here the penny had clearly dropped as Craig Bellamy continued from his effervescent display at the Reebok Stadium – the only one from a player in red – and the rest belatedly followed.

2 Balotelli put his manager in