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Trent Alexander-Arnold demonstrated his attacking qualities as Liverpool beat fourth tier Accrington Stanley 4-0 in the third round of the FA Cup on Saturday.
Six days after his defending came in for fierce criticism in the 2-2 draw with Manchester United, Alexander-Arnold showed what he could do at the other end of the pitch with a brilliant goal at Anfield.
Diogo Jota had finished off a swift counter-attack to give Liverpool the lead on 29 minutes before Alexander-Arnold curled in a sumptuous second on the stroke of half-time.
Jayden Danns made it 3-0 just a few minutes after coming off the bench and fellow substitute Federico Chiesa completed the scoring with his first goal for the club in the 90th minute.
"I could talk for hours about that (goal), unbelievable,” Slot said of Alexander-Arnold’s strike.
"The biggest compliment Trent could get was the reaction of everyone after the (poor) Manchester United game.
"I think it was good for him to play in our own stadium and feel the reception of the fans again, it was also special again today and that can only help him and us.” Morgan Whittaker dumped Premier League Brentford out of the cup as second-tier strugglers Plymouth made light of life after sacking Wayne Rooney.
Whittaker’s 82nd-minute effort handed bottom-of-the-table Argyle, with new boss Miron Muslic looking on, a 1-0 win at the Gtech Community Stadium to extend their unbeaten run since Rooney’s departure to three games.
Tosin Adarabioyo scored in both halves as Premier League Chelsea brushed aside fourth-tier strugglers Morecambe 5-0. Christopher Nkunku atoned for his penalty miss with a 50th-minute strike before Joao Felix found the back of the net twice in quick succession to wrap up a comfortable win.
Dango Ouattara’s double helped ease Bournemouth to a 5-1 over West Brom with Jason Kluivert, Antoine Semenyo and substitute Daniel Jebbison also scoring after Caleb Taylor had headed the visitors in front.
Jamie Vardy celebrated his 38th birthday with a successful penalty as top flight Leicester routed QPR 6-2.
James Justin’s double, coupled with goals from Stephy Mavididi, Facundo Buonanotte, Vardy and Wout Faes, sent the hosts through, although Jonathan Varane and Rayan Kolli briefly dragged it back to 3-2.
Goals from Ryan Yates and Ramon Sosa saw high-flying Nottingham Forest progress with the minimum of fuss despite making 11 changes courtesy of a 2-0 home win over Luton.
Georginio Rutter helped himself to a double before Julio Enciso and substitute Solly March wrapped up a comfortable 4-0 win for Brighton at Norwich.
Rayan Ait-Nouri and Rodrigo Gomes fired Premier League Wolves to a 2-1 win at Bristol City, for whom Scott Twine replied with a superb free-kick, while Andreas Weimann scored the only goal to give Blackburn a 1-0 win at second-tier rivals Middlesbrough.
Winger Ayumu Yokoyama scored League One leaders Birmingham’s fastest FA Cup goal as they beat Lincoln 2-1, Lyndon Dykes doubling their advantage before Jovon Makama converted a stoppage time penalty.
Two goals from Demetri Mitchell and a third from Vincent Harper saw third division Exeter reach round four for the first time in 44 years after a 3-1 win over second tier Oxford.
The visitors led through Matt Phillips’ goal but finished with 10 men after Tyler Goodrham was sent off nine minutes from time.