Klopp favourite to replace under-fire gaffer

SO rarely can cup progress have meant so little and Liverpool’s penalty shootout success over League Two Carlisle on Wednesday has done little to ease the pressure on boss Brendan Rodgers.

The Premier League sack-race favourite is a top-priced 6-4 with Ladbrokes and Hills to be the next top-flight boss to leave his current club – and two bookmakers are already betting on Rodgers’ Anfield replacement.

Rodgers is odds-on in places to be first out and Jurgen Klopp is the 7-4 market leader with Betway to be next in at Anfield, with Carlo Ancelotti rated a 2-1 shot by Hills and Betway.

Hills are 5-6 that Rodgers lasts the year at Liverpool and he is the same price to no longer be at the helm on December 31.

Things would have been even rougher had Liverpool not made it through to set-up a last-16 date with Bournemouth and the Reds are 10-1 to win the competition.

Liverpool are 8-15 to beat Aston Villa on Saturday but they must do without the injured Christian Benteke, Dejan Lovren and Jordan Henderson. Roberto Firmino is rated doubtful.

League Cup last-16 draw: Man City v Crystal Palace, Stoke v Chelsea, Southampton v Aston Villa, Sheff Wed v Arsenal, Liverpool v Bournemouth, Man Utd v Middlesbrough, Hull v Leicester, Everton v Norwich.