FA Cup Third Round Replay Results: Liverpool's season from hell continues with Cup exit at the hands of Reading

FA Cup / Joe Dyer / 13 January 2010 /

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Shane Long wheels away after scoring the extra time winner at Anfield

"After Manchester United's exit on third round weekend, just two of the 'Big Four' are left in the competition, and it's Chelsea who are the current FA Cup favourites at [4.5]. Arsenal, Manchester City and Spurs all trade around the [6.6] mark to lift the Cup at Wembley."

Liverpool backed at [1.01] to go through before late drama takes game to extra time - then the unthinkable happened...

This season just gets worse for Liverpool.

After exiting the Champions League and falling way behind the pace domestically, the Anfield outfit crashed out of the FA Cup at the hands of Championship strugglers Reading to heap more pressure on Rafa Benitez.

It had looked like a night of untroubled progress for Liverpool who scored what seemed the lone goal of the night at the end of the first half. With the game edging into injury time that looked like being enough to reach the fourth round.

But their visitors won a 93rd minute penalty to stun the Anfield faithful and those who had backed the Reds at [1.01] to qualify and [1.04] to win in 90 minutes.

That spot kick was converted and more shock was heaped on the Red half of Merseyside when Shane Long scored the winner 10 minutes into extra time.

The home team, with Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard off the pitch, had little to offer in reply, carving out just one genuine chance to equalise. And when it was all over boos rang out around Anfield.

After Manchester United's exit on third round weekend, just two of the 'Big Four' are left in the competition, and it's Chelsea who are the current FA Cup favourites at [4.5]. Arsenal, Manchester City and Spurs all trade around the [6.6] mark to lift the Cup at Wembley.

In the night's other game, Newcastle strode past Plymouth's challenge with a 3-0 victory courtesy of three goals from Peter Lovenkrands. That rewarded backers of a hat-trick at [21.0]. Newcastle are available at [65.0] to win the FA Cup.

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