FA Cup

THE FA Cup fourth round has got off to a thrilling start – and plenty more exciting ties are coming up TODAY.Premier League leaders Liverpool make the mammoth trip to Championship strugglers Plymouth Argyle, hoping to avoid a huge upset.Later, Aston Villa and Tottenham go head-to-head in a blockbuster clash for a spot in the fifth round, with Marcus Rashford in line to make his debut for the Villans.Kick off times: 12.30pm/3pm/5.35pmTV channel: ITV1/BBC OneFREE live stream: ITVX/BBC iPlayerCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITSFollow our live blog below…SECOND HALFBack underway at Home Park as we await the opening goal.Copy linkCopiedBack outWe’re preparing for the restart as the two players head out.Can Liverpool step up and progress here? Can Plymouth hold out and create one or two chances of their own?Copy linkCopiedFrom Justin Allen at Home ParkThis has been an awful first-half from Liverpool, who are so off the boil.Arne Slot has made 10 changes with the team currently having three games in six days with the Merseyside derby with Everton coming on Wednesday.But this performance against the Championship’s bottom team has not been good enough.They look toothless up front — with only a deflected effort from James McConnell making Argyle keeper Conor Hazard work so far.Darin Nunez will surely have to come on in the second half.But he has a young bench and his lack of insurance options could bite him back unless the starting XI up their game.Copy linkCopiedStats at the breakJust the one shot on target in that 45 minutes and even I could’ve saved it.Liverpool have made almost 4x as many passes as Argyle but not doing an awful lot with that possession.Copy linkCopiedHALF TIME! Plymouth 0-0 LiverpoolPlenty of effort, dedication and fight out there.Unfortunately, lacking any sort of quality at the break. But the job’s half done for Plymouth who’ve not looked out of place in this tie.Copy linkCopied45 – Plymouth 0-0 LiverpoolThree minutes added on in the first half.Copy linkCopied44 – Plymouth 0-0 LiverpoolNyoni just overhits a through ball for Chiesa and even he can’t keep it in as it heads towards the touchline for a throw.He does his best to keep it in, sliding in and instead knocking it out for a goal kick to Plymouth instead.Copy linkCopied42 – Plymouth 0-0 LiverpoolMabaya picks up a yellow card for kicking the ball away and delaying the restart on a Plymouth throw.He didn’t quite deal with the ball, running it out of play in his defensive third and didn’t want it coming back in quickly.The offside flag goes up to prevent the Plymouth move coming to anything.Copy linkCopied39 – Plymouth 0-0 LiverpoolTwo corners in quick succession for Liverpool.Both go short, both a waste of time as the ball never made it into the box.Copy linkCopied36 – Plymouth 0-0 LiverpoolMcConnell’s turn to try his luck from distance and this one takes a nick on the way through.It makes it slightly tricky for Hazard who has to get down to push it away and Plymouth clear to safety.Copy linkCopied34 – Plymouth 0-0 LiverpoolStraight down the other end and Elliott has an effort from 25 yards blocked on its way through.Just slowly coming to life with 10 minutes until the break.Copy linkCopied33 – Plymouth 0-0 LiverpoolPenalty shout for the home side and the supporters are up out their seats.Bundu capitalises on a mistake from Tsimikas who misjudges the ball into the box.But the defender gets back in to put Bundu off and the forward goes to ground looking for a spot kick. It would’ve been soft but worth the shout.Copy linkCopiedFrom Justin Allen at Home ParkNot really taken off here yet. Liverpool have not  been moving the ball around quickly enough against an organised Argyle.But it has been the hosts who have looked more likely to score in the opening exchanges with Ryan Hardie getting past Joe Gomez on the right but his ball quickly smothered by keeper Caoimhin Kelleher.Hardie also saw an effort charged down.Mustapha Bundu also tried to weave through but Kostas Tsimikas managed to stop him in his tracks as he was set to shoot 12 yards out.Gomez going off was an early blow – given he has only recently returned from a hamstring injury.Arne Slot’s team have started to enjoy more possession. Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones are still available on the bench to come on.Copy linkCopied28 – Plymouth 0-0 LiverpoolTold you there wasn’t much to shout about.Plymouth defending strongly and have a real presence up front should the chance to counter arise.Liverpool dominating the ball the last 10 minutes or so but it’s all in front of Argyle.Copy linkCopied23 – Plymouth 0-0 LiverpoolTalovierov just does enough to prevent Diaz breaking down the left.The big defender actually wins a goal kick though Diaz protests it should be a corner.Talovierov then celebrates having gotten the better of that exchange. I’m never too sure where my thoughts lying on defenders celebrating like that but good for him anyway.Copy linkCopied21 – Plymouth 0-0 LiverpoolMiron Muslic claps his players after they win a throw in on halfway.He’d likely have set getting through the first 20 minutes as a target and checkpoint and they’ve come through it well.Probably slightly better than Liverpool, too. Not much quality in the opening quarter of the game at all though.Copy linkCopied18 – Plymouth 0-0 LiverpoolFirst booking of the afternoon is dished out as Nyoni is late with a challenge in the middle of the park.It could well be enough for a yellow on its own but he has already had a couple of niggling fouls, the youngster.Copy linkCopied14 – Plymouth 0-0 LiverpoolNow Nikola Katic is down for Plymouth. It looks like a head knock and that he’ll be OK thankfully.He’d at least one serious injury when playing north of the border but this doesn’t look too bad.In fact the physios are seeing to his teeth, such was the knock.Incidentally, Diogo Jota took the armband from Gomez.Copy linkCopied12 – Plymouth 0-0 LiverpoolKelleher comes out to punch a swinging corner from underneath his crossbar.Only as far as the edge of the box where Gyabi waits for it and smashes towards goal but it’s block on the way.Copy linkCopied10 – Plymouth 0-0 LiverpoolHis afternoon is done. A real shame.But one man’s downfall is another man’s opportunity. Isaac Mabaya comes on for a Reds debut.OFF: GomezON: MabayaCopy linkCopied8 – Plymouth 0-0 LiverpoolNightmare for Joe Gomez and Liverpool as he sits down on the turf.He’s only just back from a hamstring injury and this is his first appearance of 2025.Skippering the side today too. You can see the devastation in his face.Copy linkCopied4 – Plymouth 0-0 LiverpoolEnd-to-end start here!Luis Diaz has THREE men on him when trying to attack down the left.He tries to work a one-two with Elliott who can’t return the pass. Plymouth break and Hardie gets down the right and fizzes a cross in towards Wright but Kelleher sprints off his line to drop low and intercept it.Copy linkCopied1 – Plymouth 0-0 LiverpoolFirst effort on goal comes for the home side as they work the ball well into the final third.The ball just won’t sit for Hardie and when waiting for it to come down, he gets his shot away but it’s blocked.Copy linkCopiedKICK-OFF!We’re underway at Home Park!Copy linkCopiedFrom Justin Allen at Home ParkArne Slot has had to manage the squad this week with three games in the space of six days so rung the changes.Only keeper Caoimhin Kelleher kept his place from the Liverpool team that thumped Tottenham 4-0 on Thursday with one eye on the Merseyside derby on Wednesday night.Seventeeen-year-old Treymaurice Nyoni made only the second start of his senior career while James McConnell, 20, also was in the XI for the second time, having played against PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League.There was almost a carnival atmosphere inside Home Park.Argyle, while a League Two club, famously held Liverpool to a goalless draw in 2017 at Anfield before earning a replay, which they lost 1-0 in Devon.Copy linkCopied More