Tuesday 23 August 2011 16:16, UK
Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher has stressed the importance of beating Exeter in their Carling Cup second-round meeting.
The 33-year-old defender believes the domestic cups have extra significance this season because the Merseyside club are not in Europe. "Exeter is a massive game for us," Carragher told the club's official website. "We haven't been in the Carling Cup at this stage for a long time," the vice-captain added. "There's no Europe this season so everybody at the club is determined to do as well as we can in the domestic cups. "We need to make sure we get through that before thinking about Bolton."