Aston Villa provide a scare but Liverpool ensure no cup miracle

Six of Villa’s starting XI had not even been born when James Milner, playing left-back for the visitors to Villa Park, had made his debut in professional football

Aston Villa's striker Louie Barry beats Liverpool's young Irish goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher as he scored in the FA Cup third round clash. Picture: Hannah McKay 

FA Cup: Aston Villa 1 Liverpool 4

Sadio Mane, Georginio Wijnaldum, Mo Salah; some genuine European football aristocracy were on the scoresheet in this comfortable third round FA Cup victory for the champions of England but the night, surely, belonged to a 17-year-old kid from Birmingham called Louie Barry.