Liverpool boss Arne Slot learns you cannot mess with the FA Cup after an embarrassing defeat at Plymouth, writes chief football writer Phil McNulty.

Liverpool are out of this year's FA Cup after falling to defeat against Championship strugglers Plymouth Argyle, with Arne Slot choosing to rest many of his regular first-team players - and many Liverpool fans in the ECHO comments section are finding it hard to take the result, even if it becomes a blessing for the squad's packed schedule.

Plymouth host Liverpool in the FA Cup and former boss Derek Adams has ranked them in scariness to when he faced them in 2017

Liverpool manager Arne Slot revealed why star attacked Mohamed Salah didn't play in Sunday's FA Cup loss to Plymouth Argyle F.C.

A much-changed Liverpool were dumped out of the FA Cup by struggling second-tier side Plymouth Argyle, who pulled off a stunning 1-0 fourth round win at Home Park on Sunday that put an end to the visitors' hopes of a quadruple.

Liverpool has just suffered a shock defeat, being eliminated from the FA Cup by Plymouth Argyle in one of the competition’s latest surprises. The Reds were one of the favourites to win, and many expected them to breeze past the struggling hosts.

And then there were three for Liverpool… The Q-word which had underscored the run-in to the 2021/22 season and begun to surface this time last year in Jurgen Klopp’s final campaign won’t crop up for some time when discussing Arne Slot’s Reds,

Premier League leader Liverpool was knocked out of the FA Cup by second-tier struggler Plymouth after losing 1-0 in a stunning fourth-round upset on Sunday.