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Liverpool player ratings: Liverpool v West Brom – FA Cup 4th round

By David Gate

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - JANUARY 27: Craig Dawson of West Bromwich Albion takes a shot past Virgil van Dijk of Liverpool in the build up to an own goal scored by Joel Matip of Liverpool during The Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round match between Liverpool and West Bromwich Albion at Anfield on January 27, 2018 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - JANUARY 27: Craig Dawson of West Bromwich Albion takes a shot past Virgil van Dijk of Liverpool in the build up to an own goal scored by Joel Matip of Liverpool during The Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round match between Liverpool and West Bromwich Albion at Anfield on January 27, 2018 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images) /
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Jay Rodriguez of West Bromwich Albion scores his sides second goal during The Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round match between Liverpool and West Bromwich Albion. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images) /

Liverpool are out of the FA Cup after a pathetic 3-2 loss to West Brom at Anfield tonight. Here are our Liverpool player ratings.

That leaves one trophy left; the big one. Liverpool crashed out of the FA Cup tonight in humiliating fashion at home to West Bromwich Albion. Despite putting out a strong side Liverpool could not recover from their first half defensive woes.

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Jurgen Klopp made three changes from the side that lost to Swansea on Monday. Simon Mignolet came in for Loris Karius as the two have swapped league and cup duties. Trent Alexander-Arnold made his first start in four games. The big surprise was that Alberto Moreno was fit enough to start at left back after feeling pain in his ankle this week.

It looked to be a dream start for Liverpool after a Jonny Evans mistake let Mohamed Salah in before the ball fell to Roberto Firmino. His delicate chip nestled into the net. But one minute later parity was restored by Jay Rodriguez who had far too much space to score from the edge of the box.

Rodriguez bagged another after West Brom cut through the Reds marshmallow defense. Then there were two controversial uses of VAR technology. The first was a disallowed goal for West Brom for offside on Gareth Barry. The second was a tug on Salah that was missed that led to a penalty that Firmino missed.

A catastrophic defensive series led to Craig Dawson scoring just before the half. Salah’s late goal was not enough to inspire a comeback.

Here are our Liverpool player ratings v West Brom in the 4th round FA Cup:

Liverpool. SIMON MIGNOLET. 3. He’s never had much confidence but what there was has gone. A terrible showing in his first game after losing the number one spot. Not greatly at fault for the first two goals but the third was typical Mignolet. More worrying was how easily he was bullied at crosses and set pieces. Emblematic of the shoddy defensive standards we have suffered fir too long.. Goalkeeper

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