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Good evening and welcome to the magic of the FA Cup third round. It’s League Two Exeter City playing host to Premier League giants Liverpool. It’s the fairytale draw for the Grecians who will feel their chances of causing a massive upset have improved as a result of the Merseysiders’ injury crisis. Can they stun Klopp and co? Kick off 7.55pm GMT.

The Emirates FA Cup / 3rd Round
St. James Park / 08.01.2016
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Paul Hassall

Updated 08/01/2016 at 21:49 GMT


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An Exeter corner from the left is powerfully headed away by Benteke. Liverpool have had more of the ball, but Exeter have carved out better openings.
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DID YOU KNOW? Manager Paul Tisdale has been in charge of the Grecians since June 2006 and is closing in on 500 games as manager of the Devon club. Exeter have won as many F.A. Cup games this season (2) as they have in the rest of Tisdale's tenure at St. James Park.
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Exeter clear the corner but Liverpool keep the pressure on until Benteke guides a header under pressure way off target.
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Good positional play from Troy Brown as he cuts out Ryan Kent's low cross after a delicious defence-splitting pass from Joao Teixeira.
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Half hearted defending from Liverpool once more. A low cross catches out Ilori at the near post, but David Noble can only blaze over under pressure from 10 yards out.
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STAT: Liverpool are unbeaten in 10 games in cup competitions this season in the League Cup and Europa League (W5, D5).
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Half chance for the Grecians but Nichols heads just over.
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PHOTO: Sinclair's equaliser.
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Exeter will no doubt want to test Liverpool with their set piece deliveries, but their latest one comes to nothing. LFC not exactly solid at dealing with deliveries into the box.
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VIDEO: Sinclair levels.
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Liverpool take a short free kick on the right with Connor Randall surging beyond two before fizzing a rising cross-shot beyond the far post. Looked like the keeper may have got fingertips on it, but no corner given.
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VIDEO: The Exeter opener.
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After that flurry of goals and goalmouth action the match has settled down a bit. Liverpool edging it now.
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MIND THE GAP:  LFC, eighth in PL, versus Exeter who are 16th in League Two.
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A few LFC-related stats: It is 10 years since Liverpool last lifted the FA Cup - they won it for the seventh time after beating West Ham on penalties in 2006. Last season they reached the Semi-Final, only to lose 2-1 to Aston Villa at Wembley. Liverpool have won six of their last eight away games in this competition - including all four last season.
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DID YOU KNOW? The last time the Reds lost to a team at least three divisions below them in the FA Cup was in 1959 when non-league Worcester City won 2-1.
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Did you get it right? The six lower division sides to have knocked LFC out of the cup in the last 16 season are: Blackburn (2000), Crystal Palace (2003), Burnley (2005), Barnsley (2008), Reading (2010) and Oldham Athletic (2013).
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Liverpool with all of the ball since Exeter's opener.
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Exeter barely had time to clear their heads before conceding.
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GOAL! Liverpool are level! A superb reaction from the visitors as Exeter make a real hash of clearing their lines from a hopeful ball into the box, allowing Benteke to toe-poke a pass into Sinclair who coolly rolls it into the corner.