Dominik Szoboszlai hit a shocking long-range strike to place Liverpool forward towards Barnsley within the FA Cup third spherical.
League One Barnsley had made a superb begin at Anfield, hitting the submit with a Davis Keilor-Dunn header with lower than 30 seconds on the clock to ship a couple of scares round Merseyside.
Tykes’ Reyes Cleary additionally obtained the flawed facet of Virgil van Dijk and put a teasing cross into the field and it regarded just like the third-tier had been prepared so as to add one other upset to the FA Cup third spherical weekend.
However up stepped Szoboszlai to place these early hopes to mattress as he opened the scoring with maybe the aim of the third spherical.
Selecting the ball up off Alexis Mac Allister, the Hungary midfielder was afforded an excessive amount of area as he let fly with a dipping effort which flew into the highest nook.
It was the Liverpool midfielder’s sixth aim of the season and the most recent in an extended vary of strikes from distance.
Liverpool beginning lineup vs Barnsley
Liverpool beginning XI: Mamardashvili, Gomez, Van Dijk, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Chiesa, Jones, Gakpo, Robertson, Frimpong, Ngumoha
Liverpool substitutes: Alisson, Endo, Konate, Kerkez, Wirtz, Ekitike, Gravenberch, Nyoni, Ramsay
Barnsley beginning lineup vs Liverpool
Barnsley beginning XI: Cooper, Shepherd, De Gevigney, O’Keeffe, Phillips, Ogbeta, Cleary, Watson, Bland, Keillor-Dunn, Yoganathan
Barnsley substitutes: Flavell, Roberts, McGoldrick, Jalo, O’Connell, Gent, Kelly, Barratt, Farrell
Learn how to watch Liverpool v Barnsley: TV channel, on-line stay stream
The FA Cup tie between Liverpool and Barnsley will likely be proven stay on TNT Sports activities 1 within the UK, with kick-off scheduled for 19:45 GMT.
Reside streaming will likely be out there through the invention+ app and web site for subscribers.
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- This would be the first assembly between the perimeters since 2008
- Liverpool haven’t been eradicated within the FA Cup third spherical for the reason that 2013-14 season
- Barnsley final beat Liverpool at Anfield within the FA Cup in 2008
- Liverpool failed to attain of their final FA Cup match, a fourth-round defeat final season
- Barnsley are winless of their final 4 matches in all competitions
