Stoke 1-2 Liverpool: Suarez double takes Reds through

Liverpool may not be able to win at the Britannia Stadium in the Premier League, but they just love playing here in the Caring Cup after triumphing thanks to another Luis Suarez supershow.

Suarez's goal double made it two wins out of two here for the Reds against Stoke in this competition - to go alongside their 8-0 stroll in 2000 - and his first was a Goal Of The Season contender.

Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish claims he lacks the vocabulary to do the Uruguayan's rare talent justice.

"I ran out of words to describe him after I'd been here for just one week," he said. "It was a fantastic goal, but you don't expect him to score tap-ins.

"Every win is important and for us the most important thing was the way we hung in there. In the first half, we missed six chances and normally we would expect to put away one or two of them.

"They got a goal in front, the boys dug deep, we defended well and the wee man scored a fantastic goal and had a good header as well."

Although Potters boss Tony Pulis admitted Liverpool were the better side, he was angry with referee Lee Probert for ruling out a Jon Walters effort at 0-0 and ignoring a penalty claim involving Peter Crouch in the dying minutes.

"The Walters one looked very, very soft," he said. "But the worst decision came in the 89th minute when Crouch was pulled back.

"The lad wasn't even looking at the ball. The referee had a great view of it and didn't give it and that's disappointing."

It looked like it would be the same old story for Liverpool, as they missed chance after chance against inspired keeper Thomas Sorensen.

Suarez and the recalled Andy Carroll had enough opportunities to settle the tie in the first half alone, while Sorensen also saved a left-foot effort from Martin Kelly low down at his near post.

Stoke were denied what Pulis claimed was a legitimate goal when Walters headed home a trademark long throw-in from Rory Delap and Probert appeared to blow for a foul on Pepe Reina, even though the Potters striker didn't touch him.

Boyhood Evertonian Walters, who netted the winner when the sides met here last month, got his revenge a minute before half-time when he robbed Sebastian Coates as he tried to shepherd a long ball out of play on the right and crossed for Kenwyne Jones to head home into the far corner.

Liverpool's proud record of having never lost a cup tie to Stoke was in danger, but Suarez restored Uruguayan pride dented by his countryman Coates' error when he scored a spectacular equaliser on 53 minutes.

The "wee man", as Dalglish calls him, received the ball out on the left and nutmegged Shotton before curling a brilliant right-foot effort into the far corner.

Liverpool pushed for a winner and substitute Craig Bellamy played a one-two with Carroll before shooting against the post with Sorensen beaten.

Their winner did come on 85 minutes when Stoke failed to clear their lines and Henderson lobbed a cross over from the right for Suarez to head home over Sorensen.