Tranmere Rovers vs Carlisle United. Sky Bet League One.
Prenton ParkAttendance5,128.
Monday 3 January 2011 18:47, UK
Tranmere Rovers edged to a 2-1 League One home victory over Carlisle in a game that saw three penalty misses.
Carlisle's early pressure at Prenton Park on Monday was rewarded with a 17th-minute penalty after Tim Cathalina needlessly handled James Berrett's corner, but Peter Murphy blasted the ball over the crossbar. Rovers went ahead against the run of play six minutes before the break when Ian Goodison powered a left-foot shot from 20 yards in off a post for his first league goal of the campaign. It needed a fine save by Joe Collister from Gary Madine early in the second half to maintain the lead. Tranmere wasted an opportunity to go 2-0 up on the hour when Ian Thomas-Moore's spot-kick was saved by Adam Collin after Matt Robson tripped Joss Labadie. Another penalty followed for Rovers in the 69th minute after Lubomir Michalik tripped Lateef Elford-Alliyu. This time Aaron Cresswell stepped up but again Collin made an excellent diving save. Berrett levelled things up after 78 minutes with a neat 12-yard finish but Tranmere edged ahead again two minutes later as Thomas-Moore made up for his penalty lapse with a close range shot after a cross by Enoch Showunmi.
