Championship's bottom-placed club Plymouth knock Liverpool out of FA Cup
What's the story
Championship's bottom-placed club, Plymouth, have stunned Liverpool in the 4th round of the FA Cup 2024/25 season on Sunday. Arne Slot's men were beaten 1-0 at Home Park. Notably, Slot had made 10 changes to his side after reaching the League Cup final earlier this week. Plymouth made Liverpool pay the price as Ryan Hardie drilled home a 54th-minute spot-kick after Harvey Eliott's handball.
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Summary
Plymouth get the job done against Liverpool
After a goalless first half, the scrappy tie came to life eight minutes after the interval. Elliott's handball saw Hardie deliver from the penalty spot. Hardie then almost added a second but his shot was turned on to the post by Liverpool keeper Caoimhin Kelleher. Later on, Liverpool forced Plymouth keeper Conor Hazard to save superbly from Diogo Jota and substitute Darwin Nunez.
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Plymouth has 10 shots with two of them on target. Visitors Liverpool managed 14 attempts with 4 shots on target. Plymouth had 12 touches in the opposition box compared to the Reds' 20. Liverpool dominated ball possession (75%).
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Unwanted record for the Reds
As per Opta, Liverpool become only the fourth side starting the day at the top of the Premier League table to be knocked out of FA Cup by a lower-league team after 2002 Leeds vs Cardiff; 2015 Chelsea vs Bradford; 2018 Man City vs Wigan.
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Massive records made by Plymouth
Since the start of November, Plymouth have beaten as many Premier League clubs in all competitions (Brentford & Liverpool) as they have fellow Championship sides (Portsmouth & West Brom). Plymouth defender Nikola Katic made 11 headed clearances today. It's the most by a player in a match against Liverpool since March 2020 (Stefan Savic for Atletico Madrid, 11).
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Liverpool top Premier League table, Plymouth bottom in Championship
After 23 matches, the Reds are top of the Premier League table with 56 points, having suffered just one defeat (W17 D5). On the other hand, Plymouth have suffered 15 defeats from 30 Championship matches and are bottom of the pile (25 points).