Liverpool scraped past Plymouth Argyle in the FA Cup third round replay on Wednesday night, with Lucas Levia’s header proving the only goal of the tie.
There were a number of fresh faces in the Liverpool squad as Harry Wilson, Jordan Williams, Paulo Alves and Connor Randall were all named on the bench.
Daniel Sturridge, Divock Origi and Philippe Coutinho started for the Reds who made two changes to the side from the 0-0 draw at Anfield.
Unsurprisingly, Liverpool dominated the early stages but the opening goal came from the most unlikeliest source as it was centre-back Lucas who netted his first goal in seven years.
There wasn’t too much to get excited about after that but Wilson came on as a substitute in the second half to make his debut for the club.
Plymouth almost scored an incredible equaliser with 20 minutes left to play but it smashed off the post before Liverpool had a chance to double their lead with a penalty in the 86th minute.
However, Origi fired straight into the hands of the keeper which summed up a tough night for the striker and Liverpool held on to win 1-0.
Here’s the best of the reaction throughout the game on social media.
Everyone was as surprised as Lucas when he scored his first goal in seven years…
https://twitter.com/jacklusby_/status/821813986601664513
I hope Lucas' goal motivates him to stay at Liverpool, at least until June. He is a great character to have in and around the squad. #LFC
— Liam Bekker (@LiamBekker) January 18, 2017
I've seen it all now. Leicester winning the PL. Trump winning the Presidency. Cubs winning the world series and Lucas scoring for Liverpool.
— Sean O' Donovan (@henriksen1) January 18, 2017
Fans were delighted to see Wilson make his debut…
Harry Wilson coming on. YES
— Viktor Fagerström (@ViktorFagerLFC) January 18, 2017
All the best brother @harrywilson_ made up for you???
— Tom Brewitt (@TomBrewitt5) January 18, 2017
The 19th different LFC debutant under Klopp. https://t.co/MPdCfZZRGu
— Andrew Beasley (@BassTunedToRed) January 18, 2017
Sturridge and Origi’s performances were not impressive…
https://twitter.com/Chris78Williams/status/821828552077275137
https://twitter.com/JCLFC94/status/821827256230281216
Sturridge has been terrible tonight. Huge fan, but doing his future chances no good whatsoever.
— Henry Jackson (@HenryJackson87) January 18, 2017
And Origi’s penalty was also a flop which infuriated fans…
Wow! That penalty was horrendous!!
— Ash Rose (@Ashleyrose66) January 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/jacklusby_/status/821832417770110979
Before the game I thought Origi was at best to average and he's not exactly convinced me otherwise tonight! ?
— MickyTommoLFC (@mickytommo) January 18, 2017
Liverpool held on to secure a 1-0 victory and progress through to the fourth round…
TAA & Woodburn ??
That is all. Rest of it was 'meh'
Bring on Swansea.
— L4 (@L4Kop10) January 18, 2017
FT 0-1. Made hard work of it but the lads got the job done in the end. Credit to Plymouth, they kept us honest.
— James Phillips (@JJP_LFC) January 18, 2017
Job done folks, onwards & upwards for the Reds. Massive respect to @Only1Argyle & their amazing supporters ?? #LFC #FACup pic.twitter.com/tQo919lTxU
— Anfield Agenda (@AnfieldAgenda) January 18, 2017
Not pretty but job done! #LFC.
— Si Steers (@sisteers) January 18, 2017
That'll do. Some good first-team football for the kids, and the "first team" rested ahead of Swansea on Saturday! In the next round. ?
— Ash Rose (@Ashleyrose66) January 18, 2017
Job done. The least said about that game the better. Awful
— Spion Kop (@TheKopHQ) January 18, 2017
Good result @LFC & very good from Gomez & Alexander-Arnold. #PLYLIV
— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) January 18, 2017
Sighs of relief all round! Well played Plymouth, just one goal conceded in 180 minutes against one of the Premier League's biggest scorers.
— Jim Boardman (@JimBoardman) January 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/Eathen_1892/status/821834426472665088
It's great when Liverpool give youngster a go. But it's still Liverpool. You have to play with heart and guts. Thank god for Harry (& Lucas)
— Mike Wilson* (@Redsmail) January 18, 2017
Through to face Wolves, that's what matters. #LFC
— Justin Heron (@justinheron) January 18, 2017
We made that far tougher than it should have been, but at least we're through. #LFC #YNWA #PLYLIV #Lucas
— Paul Snowdon (@67Snowy) January 18, 2017
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