No Exeter fairytale as Liverpool win with plenty in reserve

Liverpool 3 Exeter City 0: Maiden Liverpool goals for youngsters Sheyi Ojo and Joao Carlos Teixeira sealed a 3-0 FA Cup third-round replay victory over Exeter last night.

Midfielder Joe Allen’s second in as many matches had set the Reds on their way to a home meeting with West Ham a week on Saturday but it was members of Jurgen Klopp’s reserves who finished the job.

The way in which teenage substitute Ojo, recalled early from a loan spell with Wolves, curled a brilliant effort past Bobby Olejnik provided a lesson in finishing for an out-of-sorts Christian Benteke who looked anything but a £32million Belgium international against a League Two defence.