discuss FA Cup Craziness

[Unlocked]

The FA Cup (England's football competition open to literally any team in the country) is famous for throwing up crazy results and giant killings.

Whilst not one of the biggest in history, we certainly saw one of the biggest in recent years yesterday when Plymouth Argyle, rock bottom of England's second division, managed to beat Liverpool, arguably the world's best team right now, top of the Premier League and in free-flowing scoring form. Granted, Liverpool rested most of their key players, and played a significantly weakened team, but they are the top team in the world right now and still should have possessed the quality to see off lowly Plymouth.

Being a Liverpool fan myself, this was a particularly painful day for me, but it is one unique thing I love about this competition - these so-called "giant killings" happen in the FA Cup more than any other competition in the world, of that I'm sure!

 

[Niyi Brixx]

I even think the result was to Liverpool's favour. They have a bigger task that they can afford to lose the FA cup. Winning a double of champions league and the Premier league, they can afford to drop the FA Cup.

 

[ActionAce]

This is indeed an incredible moment! The FA Cup magic became evident through Plymouth victory against Liverpool. Liverpool should have been able to overcome Plymouth so easily. The victory of Plymouth demonstrates that football results are unpredictable.

 

[Ashake]

Plymouth victory against Liverpool is a proof that football is actually a mixture of enthusiasm, team loyalty and unwavering commitment in the sport. The underdog players can triumph if they are more committed to winning.

 

[NatureFreak]

Yeah I agree. In the FA cup, no one is immune to being eliminated, not even the big clubs. If Manchester City don't sit tight at this point, they might also find themselves exiting the competition.

 

[Heatman]

Talking about the craziness in the FA Cup, my team Manchester United who is also the defending champions in the FA Cup was eliminated yesterday by Fulham. The match ended up in penalties which they won 3-4 beating Manchester United.