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)
50: Wasted chance from Carlisle
Brad Young’s low cross finds Mampala on the edge of the six yard box but the forward makes a complete hash of it as it goes out for a Pools goal kick.
49: Hendrie with a great header!
Hendrie rises highest and connects well with Daly’s corner but his header is just wide of the left post. So close to 1-2.
Half-time player ratings
Mitchell - 6
Ferguson - 6
Odusina - 5
Lawlor - 5
Hendrie - 6
Ogle - 6
Smith - 6
Daly - 7
Molyneux -7
Goodwin - 6
Cullen -6
44: Mitchell with a good save
Brad Young attempt to curl the ball into the top left corner from 20-yards and connects well but Mitchell plucks the ball out of the air with confidence.
39: Great solo run from Molyneux but he just runs into traffic
Molyneux carves out some space for himself out of nothing but eventually runs into bodies along the byline as he’s forced to play the ball back to Ogle whose cross is then claimed by Jensen.