Liverpool crash out of FA Cup at Plymouth

Liverpool, who are top of the English Premier League, lost to the side currently bottom of the Championship as Plymouth earned a famous win.
Plymouth Argyle wrote one of the finest tales in their history book, and one of the darkest in Liverpool’s, as the side bottom of the Championship defeated the Premier League leaders in a famous FA Cup fourth round tie.
Ryan Hardie’s penalty eight minutes into the second half – following a handball from Harvey Elliott – won the day for the Green Army, who delivered a superb rearguard display to keep out Arne Slot’s much-changed side.
Liverpool struggled to create chances in a below-par display with young midfielder James McConnell wasting a good late opportunity, before Conor Hazard made a superb late save from Diogo Jota.
Here are the main talking points.
The word around Liverpool following the Carabao Cup semi-final win over Tottenham was that the word ‘Quadruple’ would be banned at the club’s Kirkby base such is the difficulty – indeed, the impossibility – of pulling off such a feat. Well Plymouth have solved that for them.
Liverpool face a huge couple of weeks in their quest to win the Premier League, but they won’t be adding the FA Cup to it after this deserved defeat. Four possibilities have become three for the Reds, and they only have themselves to blame.