English FA Cup

Liverpool vs Cardiff 2021-22 English FA Cup, Fourth Round

  • 53': Diogo Jota
  • 68': Takumi Minamino
  • 76': Harvey Elliott
FT
3 - 1
  • 80': Rubin Colwill

Liverpool's Harvey Elliott scores on return in FA Cup win over Cardiff

Harvey Elliott scored on his return from injury to help Liverpool to a 3-1 victory over Cardiff in the FA Cup fourth round at Anfield on Sunday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Liverpool 0, Cardiff City 0.
  • 46': Caoimhin Kelleher (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 47': VAR Decision: No card change Caoimhin Kelleher (Liverpool).
  • 52': Will Vaulks (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 53': Goal! Liverpool 1, Cardiff City 0. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 58': Substitution, Liverpool. Harvey Elliott replaces Naby Keïta.
  • 58': Substitution, Liverpool. Luis Díaz replaces Curtis Jones.
  • 58': Substitution, Cardiff City. Jordan Hugill replaces James Collins.
  • 58': Substitution, Cardiff City. Isaak Davies replaces Mark Harris.
  • 68': Goal! Liverpool 2, Cardiff City 0. Takumi Minamino (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Diogo Jota.
  • 69': Substitution, Cardiff City. Rubin Colwill replaces Eli King.
  • 69': Substitution, Cardiff City. Tommy Doyle replaces Will Vaulks.
  • 69': Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Takumi Minamino.
  • 70': Substitution, Liverpool. Andrew Robertson replaces Konstantinos Tsimikas.
  • 76': Goal! Liverpool 3, Cardiff City 0. Harvey Elliott (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andrew Robertson with a cross.
  • 78': Substitution, Liverpool. Thiago replaces Jordan Henderson.
  • 80': Goal! Liverpool 3, Cardiff City 1. Rubin Colwill (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Isaak Davies following a fast break.
  • 90'+3': Substitution, Cardiff City. Jai Semenyo replaces Perry Ng.

Game Information

Competition: English FA Cup

Venue: Anfield
Location: Liverpool, England
Attendance: 51,268

Statistics

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2 Fouls 10
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
4 Offsides 1
7 Corner Kicks 1
1 Saves 2
79.9 Possession 20.1
19 SHOTS 3
5 ON GOAL 2
0.3 On Target % 0.7
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
742 Accurate Passes 129
831 Passes 214
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.6
7 Accurate Crosses 0
28 Crosses 4
0.3 Cross % 0.0
44 Long Balls 60
23 Accurate Long Balls 18
0.5 Long Balls % 0.3
5 Blocked Shots 0
4 Effective Tackles 2
7 Tackles 5
0.6 Tackle % 0.4
3 Interceptions 11
8 Effective Clearances 39
8 Clearances 39

Line-Ups

LIV Liverpool (4-3-3)

No. Name
62 Caoimhin Kelleher (GK) Yellow Card
4 Virgil van Dijk
5 Ibrahima Konaté
21 Kostas Tsimikas
66 Trent Alexander-Arnold
8 Naby Keita
17 Curtis Jones
14 Jordan Henderson
9 Roberto Firmino
20 Diogo Jota
18 Takumi Minamino

CAR Cardiff City (3-5-2)

No. Name
1 Dillon Phillips (GK)
5 Aden Flint
2 Mark McGuinness
42 Oliver Denham
6 Will Vaulks Yellow Card
32 Eli King
21 Marlon Pack
3 Joel Bagan
38 Perry Ng
19 James Collins
29 Mark Harris

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