Liverpool's Dutch manager Arne Slot (R) commiserates Liverpool's Portuguese striker #20 Diogo Jota after the English FA Cup fourth round football match between Plymouth Argyle and Liverpool at Home Park in Plymouth, south west England, on February 9, 2025. Plymouth won the match 1-0. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images).
Liverpool manager Arne Slot has been dealt a harsh lesson in English football, after his side lost 1-0 to Plymouth Argyle in the FA Cup fourth round.
After reaching the League Cup final on Thursday by beating Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 at Anfield, Slot allowed Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk, Cody Gakpo and the rest of his star players a weekend off, confident in the belief that his young side would prove too strong for the Championship’s bottom side. How wrong he was proven.
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