Liverpool 0-0 Plymouth

The draw means Liverpool face another fixture in an already-congested January.

The average age of the Reds’ starting line-up was just 21 years and 296 days, beating the previous record of 22 years and 303 days in the first division against Wolves in 1965. We dealt with them well and the players have worked extremely hard. I have no problem with it. “They are important players in our squad”. The good things they do, they are responsible for and the bad things they do I am. Previous “cupsets” have demonstrated that the stadium in which games take place can provide serious leverage to an unfancied side.

Liverpool are unbeaten in their last five games, but come into the game against Plymouth on the back of a disappointing 2-2 draw against Bournemouth.

‘They had a lot of possession but did they have many shots on target? In terms of how we prepare and how much focus we give the cup games, it’s no different to when we play Premier League games.

Plymouth are in the same league position, second, but in League Two.

Divock Origi thought he had put the Premier League side ahead on 20 minutes as he slotted home after a tussle with Gary Miller, but referee Paul Tierney pulled the ball back for a foul on the Plymouth defender. The Plymouth manager said: “That was probably one of the best defensive performances Anfield has seen”.

With only a quarter of a hour to be played, Liverpool’s bench will have been getting nervous at the possibility of a replay, and this thinking resulted in Adam Lallana and Roberto Firmino being thrown into action.

Spurs, eight-times FA Cup winners, took a long time to break down Aston Villa before winning 2-0 but Premier League leaders Chelsea had no such trouble against third-tier Peterborough United, winning 4-1 despite having John Terry sent off. “It is always an opportunity, it is a nice chance [for a trophy] and that’s how we see it”, via the Mirror. But we limited Liverpool to not many.

“It was about negating the space”.

“It would be naive as a manager to come to Anfield and think you can go at top-class players”. Ben Davies broke the deadlock with a glancing header before Son Heung-min sealed the win after good work from Kieran Trippier and Moussa Sissoko down the right wing.