Miron Muslic says he will have low-key celebrations after Plymouth’s cup upset Plymouth boss Miron Muslic admitted to being “very emotional” after his side produced a giant-killing act to dump Liverpool out of the FA Cup, but insisted his celebrations would be restricted to “eating some nachos and drinking a Fanta”.
Liverpool boss Arne Slot named a shadow side for the fourth-round tie and most of his big-name players – including Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Alexis Mac Allister – were back on Merseyside as the club’s quadruple hopes vanished on a wave of emotion in Devon.
Liverpool’s loss was only their fourth of the season, the previous defeat also coming with a weakened side in a rather meaningless final Champions League league phase game against PSV Eindhoven.
Ryan Hardie’s second-half penalty gave Plymouth, bottom of the Sky Bet Championship, a famous 1-0 win over the Premier League leaders as Home Park was left shaking to its foundations.
Hardie struck a post soon after, but Plymouth had to withstand nine agonising minutes of stoppage time during which goalkeeper Conor Hazard made superb saves to deny Diogo Jota and Darwin Nunez.
