The second half saw Reyes Cleary go down in the box but the referee waved away the penalty shouts as Barnsley frustrated Liverpool. Arne Slot then called on his substitutes with Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike coming on to score a final two goals and send Liverpool into the next round.

It appears Liverpool's Dominik Szoboszlai only knows how to score worldies. The Hungarian doesn't score too often for the Reds, but when he does, it is often with a rocket of a strike.

Ian Doyle with the Liverpool player ratings and scores from the FA Cup third round tie against Barnsley at Anfield on Monday evening

Arsenal and Liverpool joined the host of big boys to drop points at midweek, as Mikel Arteta's men failed to grow their table lead via a 0-0 draw at the Emirates Stadium on Thursday.

Arsenal missed a chance to move eight points clear at the top of the Premier League as they were held to a frustrating goalless draw by Liverpool.

In a late flashpoint, Gabriel Martinelli shoved Conor Bradley off the pitch despite Bradley seeming to be seriously injured. The result leaves Arsenal six points clear atop the table with Liverpool fourth, eight points off third. Up next in the FA Cup, Liverpool will host Barnsley on Monday.

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Our Liverpool vs Barnsley predictions include the hosts to outscore their League One opponents in both halves of this FA Cup third-round tie

Nonetheless, there were a lot of positives, and even if it felt a lot closer than 4-1 it’s also worth noting that their one game from an absolute gift that we will never be speaking about again (currently having a big laugh that Dominik Szoboszlai was Liverpool’s top rated player on FotMob,