Sponsored by. RYAN Hardie was Plymouth Argyle's hero by knocking Liverpool out of the FA Cup. He could have been forgiven for feeling emotional after the game. However, it was in the warm-up he got emotional instead. The Championship side defeated the Reds in a huge upset at Home Park. Hardie's second half penalty sent the home support in ecstasy, following Harvey Elliot's handball. After the game, Hardie was interviewed by ITV Sport's Gabriel Clarke.
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And the Scottish forward, 27, revealed that he was moved to tears before the game because his son was a mascot. "I teared up in the warm-up a bit when I saw him on screen," Hardie confessed. Hardie's strike left Liverpool's hopes of winning the quadruple in tatters. CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS. By scoring from 12-yards, he banished the ghost of four years ago when he missed a penalty that would have seen Argyle take Chelsea to penalties at Stamford Bridge and sent Caoimhin Kelleher the wrong way.
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The Premier League leaders made ten changes and loaded the bench with inexperienced youngsters in the clash against the Championship's bottom club. Argyle, while a League Two club, famously held Liverpool to a goalless draw in 2007. But this time they went one better. When the final whistle blew, it confirmed only the fourth-ever occasion when the Premier League leaders have been knocked out by a side outside of the top flight, with the last coming in 2018.
