Jurgen Klopp took full responsibility for his inexperienced Liverpool side's goalless FA Cup draw with Sky Bet League Two high fliers Plymouth and he is unlikely to repeat the experiment this week.

Millwall produced the shock of the day.

Holders Arsenal must entertain Burnley in the fourth round of the FA Cup while Northampton’s reward if they can get past MK Dons in a third-round replay will be a visit from Chelsea.

Premier League clubs paid out nearly £130 million (€185 million) to agents last year — a £15m (€21m) increase on the year before.

Tim Sherwood insists Liverpool are lucky to have under-fire manager Brendan Rodgers — and he could have managed Real Madrid.

Robbie Brady looks set for a swift return to the Premier League after Steve Bruce yesterday confirmed that relegated Hull have accepted a bid from newly-promoted Norwich for the Republic of Ireland international.

Champions League last 16 (second leg)

It was a case of no pain, no gain for Daryl Murphy this weekend as the Republic of Ireland striker broke his nose scoring Ipswich’s opening goal in their 2-1 Championship win at Fulham.

West Ham v Man United: Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has revealed he played Angel di Maria in midweek to help the player’s state of mind after his house was attacked.

Cambridge chairman Dave Doggett plans to invest the expected £1.5m windfall from their FA Cup fourth-round replay at Manchester United on the League Two club’s own stadium.

Louis van Gaal says he feels an uncomfortable "twitch" in his backside every time Manchester United play 4-4-2.

FA Cup Third Round:

Clinton Morrison has backed the Republic of Ireland to book a ticket to Euro 2016 in France.

Convicted rapist Ched Evans is unlikely to be able to resume his football career abroad due to the UK's tough regime in managing sex offenders.

Former Sheffield United and Wales striker Ched Evans has been offered a route back into football - by Maltese side Hibernians.

Steve Clarke has been named the new Reading manager after the Championship club moved swiftly following the sacking of Nigel Adkins.

Chelsea captain John Terry claims he and Branislav Ivanovic were "double headlocked at every corner" during Sunday’s gripping 1-1 draw at Manchester United.

Wigan have enjoyed plenty of giant-killing acts in the FA Cup over the last two seasons but were on the wrong end of a Capital One Cup upset tonight when going down 2-1 at League Two Burton in the first round.

A new competition for B teams for the leading Premier League and Championship clubs is to be considered by the Football Association board today, but there is already considerable opposition from the clubs.

PREMIER LEAGUE:

Wigan may be the rank outsiders for the FA Cup but their name is synonymous with Wembley cup finals – just not in football.

Capital One Cup Final: Bradford v Swansea City

How Reading reject Carl McHugh went from also-ran to Wembley with giantkillers Bradford City. By Liam Mackey

Carl McHugh’s dreams can become reality tonight if his Bradford City side see out the biggest upset of the season at Villa Park in the Capital One Cup.

The man who was taking the flak, the one who was standing there waiting to be shot down, was not the one they wanted.

Bradford 1 Arsenal 1

Championship clubs have voted in favour of introducing a groundbreaking new financial fair play model, the Football League announced today.

Arsene Wenger hailed Robin van Persie after the Arsenal skipper scored twice to end a difficult week for the club on a high with a 3-0 win over 10-man Bolton.

Bolton 2 Macclesfield 1

West Ham have postponed their Carling Cup match against Aldershot following a request from the police.

Stevenage 3 Newcastle 1

Roy Hodgson endured more lows than highs during his short reign at Anfield.

Liverpool 2 Sunderland 2

I’M not saying I’m a jinx but no sooner had I predicted that Liverpool would win the league last season than they started badly, never recovered and ended up dropping out of the top four.

LIVERPOOL manager Roy Hodgson admits some players will have to work hard to repair their damaged reputations after being culpable in the team’s embarrassing Carling Cup exit on Wednesday night.

LIVERPOOL blew one of their best chances of winning a trophy this season after suffering an embarrassing penalty shoot-out Carling Cup defeat against League Two side Northampton at Anfield last night.

Liverpool 2 Northampton 2 (after extra-time, Northampton win 4-2 on penalties)

Liverpool defender Danny Wilson is aware he and his team-mates cannot afford to underestimate the threat posed by League Two side Northampton in tonight’s Carling Cup third-round tie at Anfield.

Goalkeeper Brad Jones could make his Liverpool debut against Northampton in the third round of the Carling Cup at Anfield tomorrow.

English Football League clubs paid out £12.7m (€15.4m) in agents’ fees last season – a rise of £3.9m (€4.7m) from the previous year.

Manuel Almunia did not feature in the Arsenal squad for this afternoon’s opening pre-season friendly at Barnet.

Fulham 4 Notts County 0

TOTTENHAM’S Ireland striker Robbie Keane added another chapter to his remarkable transfer history last night after securing a dramatic deadline day move to Celtic until the end of the season.