I don't know what to say concerning the loss of Liverpool to Plymouth Argyle yesterday because even though the hosts played well, they were not enough match for Liverpool. Is it that Arne's men underrated their hosts because they were of the lower division or is that Liverpool didn't take this competition seriously and wanted to put more focus on the league? Either way, they are out from the FA CUP competition thanks to a penalty conceded by Harvey Elliott in the 52nd minutes and I think Liverpool should have bounced back into that game but Plymouth were ready to lock their defense and protect that lone goal lead.
Something I've observed in this tournament is that the teams from the lower divisions are more serious than the premier league clubs and even though the division 1 sides end up been beaten in some of the cases, they don't go down without a fight.
Arne thought that we could beat them very easily anyway and went on the field with a team consisting mostly of substitute players.
Even if you are as talented as you want, there will be adaptation problems with players who do not play together. I was watching the match yesterday and Plymouth was constantly finding positions. Liverpool couldn't turn the ball properly.
Even though it was a penalty, Plymouth scored. Liverpool fought very well, especially towards the end of the match. He tried hard to find the goal, but could not get past the Plymouth goalkeeper.
The FA Cup is an important cup and Arne regretted being on the field with such a squad and being eliminated.
No matter what, you will never underestimate your opponent. This result was a good lesson for Liverpool.
Yeah, the dude was comparing the team to Man UTD because that's how they played Liverpool but he refused to accept the blame that his side were very poor and seemed ill prepared for that competition. As it is they have lost the opportunity to carry a treble(assuming they could lift the champions league, the EPL and this FA CUP). At the same time I'm not surprised that they got booted out because this is the kind of competition that these smaller clubs aim to get hold of so when they see opportunities like this, they grab it with everything they have.