Plymouth stun Brentford in FA Cup upset as Chelsea cruise through
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Managerless Argyle, who are bottom of the Championship, triumphed away to the Bees, while Chelsea demolished Morecambe and Bournemouth hammered West Brom. Morgan Whittaker’s stunning late goal helped Championship strugglers Plymouth Argyle pull off a major FA Cup upset with a 1-0 victory at Premier League Brentford.
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Thomas Frank’s side were not at the races at the Gtech Community Stadium prior to Whittaker’s solo 82nd-minute effort which sent Argyle, who had new manager Miron Muslic watching from the stands after Wayne Rooney’s sacking a fortnight ago, into the fourth round.
Plymouth’s leaky backline, which has conceded 53 league goals this season to leave them rooted to the bottom of the second tier, was not on display in west London as valiant defending from the likes of Brendan Galloway helped caretaker boss Kevin Nancekivell secure a memorable victory and extend Argyle’s unbeaten run since Rooney’s departure to three games.
Meanwhile, Tosin Adarabioyo scored in both halves as Chelsea brushed aside League Two strugglers Morecambe 5-0 with Christopher Nkunku atoning for his penalty miss with a 50th-minute strike before Joao Felix found the back of the net twice in quick succession to wrap up a comfortable win.
Dango Ouattara’s double helped ease Bournemouth to a 5-1 over West Brom with Jason Kluivert, Antoine Semenyo and substitute Daniel Jebbison also scoring after Caleb Taylor had headed the visitors in front. Jamie Vardy celebrated his 38th birthday with a successful penalty as top-flight Leicester routed QPR 6-2. James Justin’s double, coupled with goals from Stephy Mavididi, Facundo Buonanotte, Vardy and Wout Faes, sent the hosts through, although Jonathan Varane and Rayan Kolli briefly dragged it back to 3-2.
