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Plymouth Argyle secure historic FA cup win over Liverpool

Plymouth Argyle battled to a famous FA Cup victory as a penalty from Ryan Hardie gave the Pilgrims a 1-0 win over Liverpool on Sunday.

Both sides contested a tense first half in which the visitors barely threatened and lost Joe Gomez to injury, and the hosts managed to pounce on their opportunity after the break when Harvey Elliott handled in the box, with Ryan Hardie calmly converting after a lengthy pause.

Miron Muslic’s side continued to have chances but it was Liverpool who piled on the late pressure, with the Reds coming close through James McConnell, Darwin Nunez and Diogo Jota.

Plymouth ‘keeper Hazard was a late hero after two brilliant saves during the nine minutes of added time, the first from Jota’s half-volley and the second as he tipped over from a point-blank Nunez header.

And moments after keeping his side in the lead, the final whistle went on a game that may well become known as a type of FA Cup classic, as the Championship’s bottom club knocked out the side at the top of the Premier League.

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Ryan Hardie’s penalty, after Harvey Elliott handled, was enough to clinch a famous win for the Championship strugglers.

After making nine changes, days after advancing to the Carabao Cup final, Arne Slot’s side have exited the FA Cup in just their fourth overall defeat of an excellent season.

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Chris Wilson9 February 2025 17:09

Arne Slot reacts after Liverpool's shock FA Cup exit

Arne Slot said: “In the lead-up to this game, a lot of long balls, they were really aggressive, it’s not always easy to create chances. We expected them to play a better game than this. We have to get better.

“It hurts everyone, me, the players... We wanted to be in this competition as long as possible.

“From what I’ve seen all season, they kept fighting to the last second, it wasn’t a workrate problem, they worked really hard and couldn’t find chances, we have to keep doing the workrate and be a bit more creative.”

Jack Rathborn9 February 2025 18:12

FULL-TIME! Plymouth Argyle 1-0 Liverpool

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Chris Wilson9 February 2025 17:45

Slot says Plymouth deserved the win

Arne Slot is speaking to ITV now, and he praises Plymouth, saying it was a “great game” from them, with a “good game plan”.

“They deserve all the credit. We were not having a very good day,” he says.

“I don’t think I can say the boys didn’t fight. The game was decided by a penalty. In a game like this where two teams have hardly any chances it’s up to one moment, and that moment was for them. Like I said they deserved it.”

Chris Wilson9 February 2025 17:40