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Liverpool face Wolves in FA Cup replay

Published:Tuesday | January 17, 2023 | 1:41 AM
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah (right) reacts after Brighton’s Danny Welbeck scored his side’s third goal during the English Premier League match between Brighton and Liverpool at the Falmer Stadium in Brighton, England last Saturday. Brighton won 3-0.
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Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah (right) reacts after Brighton’s Danny Welbeck scored his side’s third goal during the English Premier League match between Brighton and Liverpool at the Falmer Stadium in Brighton, England last Saturday. Brighton won 3-0.

LONDON, England (AP):

There are six third-round replays in the FA Cup today with Liverpool looking to stay in realistic contention for a domestic trophy by beating Wolverhampton in an all-Premier League matchup.

An entertaining game ended 2-2 at Anfield on January 7 and was tinged with controversy with Wolves having a late goal disallowed because of an offside not picked up by VAR cameras. Liverpool’s only game since then was a 3-0 loss at Brighton in the league on Saturday, a low point in the team’s season.

Liverpool are in ninth place in the league, 19 points off first place, and already out of the League Cup. Among the other replays, non-league teams Chesterfield and Boreham Wood from the fifth tier of English football are in action against second-tier West Bromwich Albion and third-tier Accrington Stanley, respectively.

In Italy New Cremonese coach Davide Ballardini faces a difficult first match in charge as his side visits Serie A leaders Napoli in the Italian Cup. Ballardini was appointed on Sunday to replace Massimiliano Alvini, who was fired after Cremonese’s 11th defeat in 18 league matches left them bottom of the table. Cremonese are without a league win although they have beaten second-division sides Ternana and Modena in previous rounds of the cup. Napoli are nine points clear at the top of Serie A and will be even more full of confidence after humiliating Juventus 5-1 last Friday. The winners will face Roma in the quarterfinals.