Story of the night: Carlisle United 3-3 Hartlepool United – Pools lose 4-3 on penalties following Papa John's Trophy thriller
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Pools trailed 3-1 with nine minutes remaining after goals from Taylor Charters, Manasse Mampala and Tristan Abrahams cancelled out Matty Daly’s first half strike.
But a fine goal from Luke Molyneux and a penalty from Fela Olomola forced a penalty shoot out which Carlisle won 4-3.
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LIVE: Carlisle United 3 (Charters 11’, Mampala 59’, Abrahams 78’) Hartlepool United 3 (Daly 17’, Molyneux 81’, Olomola 89’) - Carlisle win 4-3 on penalties
Key Events
- Pools XI: Mitchell; Ferguson, Odusina, Lawlor, Hendrie, Ogle; Smith, Daly, Molyneux; Goodwin, Cullen
- Pools subs: Killip, Byrne, Crawford, Featherstone, Shelton Burey, Olomola
- Pools bookings: Daly (55)
- Carlisle XI: Jensen; Armer, Devine, Alessandra, Dickenson, Mellish, Charters, Feeney, Dixon, Mampala, Young
- Carlisle subs: Simons, McDonald, Riley, Guy, Clough, Abrahams, Bell
- Carlisle bookings: None
- Referee: James Bell
- Attendance: 1,360 (120 Pools)
GOAAAALLLLLLL!!! OLOMOLA CONVERTS FROM THE SPOT! 3-3
Olomola sends the goalkeeper the wrong way to score a last minute equaliser.
GOAAAALLLLL!!! MOLYNEUX WITH AN AMAZING STRIKE
The Pools man cuts onto his left foot and curls the ball brilliantly into the top left corner from 20-yards. Fantastic finish.
GOAL! Abrahams makes it 3-1 on the break
Lawlor fails to get control of the ball as Carlisle break with Abrahams charging down on goal before slotting past Mitchell at his near post.
75: Charters volleys over from close range
An easily created chance from Carlisle as a dinked ball over the top finds Charters in space but he can only fire over the on rushing Mitchell.
65: Great chance for Burey
Smith’s ball is brilliantly weighted for Burey to head in but he somehow heads over from point blank range.