They will probably go on to win the league, they are one of the favourites in the Champions League and are in the Carabao Cup final but, for Plymouth, it makes this giant-killing, after the last-round giant-killing of another Premier League club, Brentford away, all the more memorable as they claimed a place in the last 16.
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This tie was sandwiched between overturning the Carabao Cup semi-final deficit to Tottenham Hotspur last Thursday and facing Everton away in the last ever Merseyside derby at Goodison Park in the Premier League on Wednesday.
“Que sera, sera, we’re going to Wembley,” they sang soon after Ryan Hardie confidently thumped home his penalty, rightly awarded for a handball against Harvey Elliott, and gave them an early second-half lead that they tenaciously protected.
Usually, in such upsets, there are some glaring misses or outstanding saves and huge slices of luck, but while Plymouth defended wonderfully there were none until two outstanding saves by goalkeeper Conor Hazard deep into injury time.
