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Ian Doyle

Liverpool loan target becomes clear after seven players recalled

Liverpool midfielder Tyler Morton was less than 10 minutes away from ensuring another landmark in his burgeoning career.

The 20-year-old had helped Blackburn Rovers, the Championship side where he is spending the season on loan from Anfield, into a 2-1 lead at Sheffield United in their FA Cup quarter-final last Sunday.

Then the home side equalised. And worse was to come when, after Morton went to ground during injury time when caught in the face by a flailing arm, the officials allowed play to continue and the Blades smashed in a dramatic winner to end the youngster's hopes of a Wembley appearance in the semi-final.

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