CHARLIE ADAM has warned his Liverpool FC team-mates the job is only half done after they  put one foot in the Carling Cup final.

Steven Gerrard’s early penalty has given  Kenny Dalglish’s side a one-goal advantage to  take into the second leg of their semi-final  against Manchester City at Anfield on Wednesday week.

With Liverpool having never lost at home in  14 previous League Cup semi-finals, they are  odds-on favourites to win through to a February 26 final against Crystal Palace or  Cardiff City.

But Adam said there can be no resting on  laurels if a first appearance at Wembley since  1996 is to be achieved.

“I think the tie is still open,” he said. “This  is a difficult place to come, this is only the  second game they have lost at home this season, so it is going to be difficult at Anfield.

“We have Stoke and Bolton to look forward  to now and we will take care of the second leg  when it comes round.

“It is nowhere near done. We have got 90  minutes of hard work, we have terrific support behind us and Anfield will be rocking. It  will be a terrific second leg and hopefully we  can do the job.

“It will be tough, but if we prepare right  and we are ready it could lead to a terrific  night at Anfield.”

Liverpool became the first team to prevent  City from scoring at Eastlands in 35 games,  thanks to a stoic rearguard action during the  second half.

Having lost 3-0 at City last week, it was a  significant turnaround for Dalglish’s men.

And Adam added: “The clean sheet will give  us confidence, especially as we lost three goals  the last time we came here. They have top  players and it will be tough.

“They had a tough game on Sunday and we  were looking forward to this match. We are  happy with our performance.