Liverpool 4 Accrington Stanley 0: Alexander-Arnold puts Man Utd nightmare behind him with rocket in simple FA Cup win

TRENT Alexander-Arnold milked Anfield’s applause aft scoring the superb 2nd extremity that each but decided this tie.

Accrington Stanley showed precisely who they were for astir fractional an hr earlier Diogo Jota enactment Liverpool up from a lightning break.

But the League Two broadside paid the terms for dropping their levels for a fewer minutes erstwhile Alexander-Arnold curled successful a superb changeable conscionable earlier fractional time.

Only six days before, the England prima had been the target of maltreatment from immoderate location fans aft a mediocre show successful the 2-2 draw with Manchester United followed much speculation astir him moving to Real Madrid.

But TAA received a decent ovation arsenic helium near the transportation conscionable earlier the hour.

What helium saw from the seat was not precise comfortable, arsenic his broadside allowed Stanley backmost into the game.

Josh Burns deed the barroom and defender Don Love missed a large accidental to propulsion 1 back.

But Liverpool substitute Jayden Danns ended immoderate statement with the 3rd goal, past Federico Chiesa’s archetypal onslaught for the nine enactment the bookend connected Accrington’s fairytale.

It was besides an historical time for the Reds’ Rio Ngumoha, who became the youngest subordinate ever to commencement a crippled for the club, astatine the property of 16 years and 135 days.

The near winger looked awesome from the start, but Accrington held their ain for immoderate time, though Liverpool should person taken the pb successful the 12th minute.

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Dominik Szoboszlai dummied Kostas Tsimikas’ transverse and Alexander-Arnold should astir apt person enactment his changeable beyond the scope of Billy Crellin, the Accrington goalkeeper connected indebtedness from Everton.

But aft Crellin kept it retired with his close limb and the shot ricocheted to Nunez, the Uruguayan fired horribly implicit the crossbar.

The visitors were having immoderate joyousness astatine the different end, too, with Josh Whalley successful peculiar getting successful down the left, but the last shot was lacking.

And it was from their ain escaped footwear that the League Two broadside conceded.

Ben Woods’ archetypal transportation was mediocre and erstwhile Szoboszlai controlled a lofted shot to no-one by Nelson Khumbeni, occupation soon followed.

The Hungarian recovered Alexander-Arnold released Nunez with a cute walk and the Liverpool No 9 crossed perfectly to wherever Jota was acceptable with a regular finish.

More bully enactment from the Portugal guardant led to a half-chance for Harvey Elliott.

Crellin saved easy and past watched a Tyler Morton changeable comfortably wide his goal.

But determination was thing Crellin could bash erstwhile Alexander-Arnold recovered abstraction conscionable extracurricular the container and whipped a fantastic decorativeness crossed and into the nett disconnected the post.

Stanley made a treble alteration astatine fractional time, with erstwhile Liverpool trainee Liam Coyle coming connected to effort to reconstruct immoderate beingness to his team’s hopes.

Inside a infinitesimal of the restart, Nunez saw a changeable stopped by Crellin and past teed up Chiesa, connected for Szoboszlai, for an effort that was deflected wide.

Liverpool mislaid a spot of momentum and were grateful to spot Ben Woods’ debased changeable blocked by his ain player.

The Reds were surely not retired of the Woods yet. Accrington’s Josh met a country astatine the backmost station lone for Jota to get successful the mode of the header.

But no-one got adjacent his changeable moments aboriginal erstwhile helium chopped wrong and smashed an effort disconnected the crossbar.

Slot made much changes conscionable earlier the hr and Alexander-Arnold returned the crowd’s applause arsenic helium was replaced by Conor Bradley.

He volition person been little blessed with what happened next arsenic his broadside mislaid equilibrium and control.

Stanley should person made things absorbing with 25 minutes to go.

A well-worked determination saw Whalley transverse into the six-yard container and centre backmost Don Love had timed his tally perfectly.

But helium could lone nonstop his escaped header disconnected target with the full of Caoimhin Kelleher’s extremity gaping.

At the different end, Crellin kept retired different Chiesa changeable from a constrictive angle.

But soon it was crippled over.

Jayden Danns won the shot successful his ain fractional and kept moving aft playing successful Chiesa.

The Italian’s changeable was saved good by Crellin but Danns was determination to smash the shot successful and extremity immoderate debate.

There was inactive clip for Chiesa to deed 1 station and then, not agelong afterwards, to interruption his Liverpool duck with a changeable that went successful disconnected the other.

It was a pleasing mode to extremity the day for Alexander-Arnold and his nine aft a pugnacious week.