FA bloody Cup!The Miracle of Istanbul has just descended into second place in the most outstanding football wonders. Liverpool has again pulled off something that will go down in history – only this time for all the wrong reasons!The Premier League leaders have suffered one of the most shocking upsets and defeats in the club’s 133-year-long history as EFL Championship strugglers Plymouth Argyle eliminated them sensationally from the FA Cup after a much-deserved 1-0 home win on Sunday night!PLYMOUTH HAVE KNOCKED LIVERPOOL OUT OF THE FA CUP!!!!!! 🏆⚽️Bottom of the Championship 1-0 Top of the Premier League.#FACup pic.twitter.com/JQ9TAQi70d— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) February 9, 2025 Unlike Manchester City, which flirted with the FA Cup upset on Saturday but somehow prevailed against Leyton Orient, Liverpool found themselves stranded on the shores of southeastern England.Ryan Hardie’s second-half winner proved crucial, as the Scottish forward converted a penalty following Harvey Elliot’s blatant handball in the box.Cool as ice 🥶 pic.twitter.com/ngqhTMwz6t— Plymouth Argyle FC (@Argyle) February 9, 2025 If you’re disinterested in football and tuned in for today’s clash, you could have easily made a false presumption about which sides tops the Premier League and which sits at the rock bottom of the Championship.Although Slot rested almost an entire starting XI, Liverpool’s reserves should have used the opportunity to showcase their skills and brush aside the team about to go down to the third tier of the English football hierarchy.Plymouth, who are BOTTOM of the Championship, have KNOCKED OUT Liverpool, who are TOP of the Premier League from the FA Cup.The FA Cup magic is well and truly alive. 😭😭😂🔥 pic.twitter.com/8aJLW5XFxz— UF (@UtdFaithfuls) February 9, 2025 Even those reserves are valued at around 200,000,000 euros altogether, compared to just a little more than 2,000,000 of the entire Plymouth’s starting line-up!Alas, it went the other way around, as the visitors showed no signs of the expected level, let alone the Treble credentials, creating just three chances for the entire 99 minutes of football, and every one of them coming around the stoppage-time.Instead of the Scousers’ dominance, we witnessed a praiseworthy display of the Pilgrims, the nickname of the team that has played its games ever since 1903 at Home Park, a 17,900-seater that is also known among the passionate local fans as The Theatre of Greens.1 – Table-topping Premier League teams to lose in the FA Cup against sides from outside the top-flight:2002 Leeds vs Cardiff2015 Chelsea vs Bradford2018 Man City vs Wigan2025 Liverpool vs PlymouthFelled. pic.twitter.com/ytoX0rXImN— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) February 9, 2025 Even without Mohamed Salah and Cody Gakpo upfront, just like Virgil van Dijk or Alisson, the visiting side was expected to bounce back and prevent the upset. As we said, they were close to it on three occasions near the end, but the Pilgrims’ keeper Hazard proved that players with that surname are just impeccable regardless of the team and the level they play on.The underdogs managed to hold onto that 1-0 lead and survive as many as nine minutes of the stoppage time for a miraculous triumph that will go down in the history of the club founded in 1886.WHAT HAVE WE JUST SEEN— Plymouth Argyle FC (@Argyle) February 9, 2025 FA CUP – ROUND 4Friday Man.Utd. – Leicester 2-1 (0-1)/Zirkzee 68, Maguire 90+3 – De Cordova-Reid 42/Saturday Leeds – Millwall 0-2 (0-1)/Azeez 30, 55/Leyton – Man. City 1-2 (1-0)/Ortega 16 og – Khusanov 56, De Bruyne 79/Coventry – Ipswich 1-4 (1-3)/Latibeaudiere 8 – Hirst 2 pen, Clarke 28, 37, Philogene 53/Everton – Bournemouth 0-2 (0-2)/Semenyo 23 pen, Jebbison 43/Preston – Wycombe 4-2 on pen (0-0)Southampton – Burnley 0-1 (0-0)/Edwards 77/Stoke – Cardiff 2-4 on pen (3-3)/Koumas 42, 47, Baker 58 pen – Colwill 8, Salech 19, 68/Wigan – Fulham 1-2 (0-1)/Smith 50 – Muniz 23, 55/Birmingham – Newcastle 2-3 (2-2)/Laird 1, Iwata 40 – Willock 21, 82, Wilson 26/Brighton – Chelsea 2-1 (1-1)/Rutter 12, Mitoma 57 – Verbruggen (og) 5/Sunday Blackburn – Wolverhampton 0-2 (0-2)/Joao Gomes 33, Cunha 34/Plymouth – Liverpool 1-0 (0-0)/Hardie 53 pen/20.35: (1.80) Aston Villa (3.70) Tottenham (4.40)Monday 22.45: (10.5) Doncaster (6.50) Crystal Palace (1.25)***odds are subject to change***
