Liverpool, with only one starting player last Sunday at kick-off, easily overpowered Norwich (2-1), Premier League red lantern, to reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. Japanese striker Takumi Minamino scored twice in the first period (1-0, 27th, then 2-0, 39th) and if Lukas Rupp took advantage of a release from the Reds to reduce the score to a quarter of an hour from At the end, the essential was already assured for the men of Jürgen Klopp who can still claim three trophies this season.
In the other round of 16 early evening, Southampton beat West Ham (3-1). These teams join Manchester City and Crystal Palace who had defeated Peterborough and Stoke, two residents of D2, on Tuesday, while Tottenham had fallen in extra time against Middlesbrough (1-0), who had already beaten Manchester United in the previous round.
Thursday, Everton will receive Petit Poucet, Boreham Wood (D5), and next Monday these knockout stages of the FA Cup will end with a duel of Championship teams with Nottingham Forest which will host Huddersfield.
