Liverpool 4-0 Accrington Stanley: FA Cup result as Trent Alexander-Arnold and Federico Chiesa on target

Liverpool thumped Accrington Stanley 4-0 in the FA Cup third round at Anfield on Saturday to book their spot in the next round.

Diogo Jota, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Jayden Danns and Federico Chiesa were all on target for the hosts in Arne Slot’s first FA Cup game in charge.

After a resilient start from the League Two side, Liverpool finally broke the deadlock through Jota, who tapped home from close range just shy of the half hour mark.

On the brink of half-time, Alexander-Arnold's thunderbolt from outside the box gave Liverpool a two-goal advantage and a mountain to climb for the visitors.

Danns added a third in the second half with a brilliantly taken finish, before Chiesa netted his first goal for the club to add gloss to the scoreline.

Alexander-Arnold had a tough time in Liverpool's Premier League draw against Manchester United, but he was back with a bang in the FA Cup and Slot was delighted with the full-back.

"Not for the first time," Slot told ITV when asked if his defender produced a performance that was worthy of the Player of the Match award.

"Trent didn't have his best game against United and everybody fell over him, but for the rest of the season he's been so good for us, so I liked his performance a lot today.

"I liked his performance when he came in against Tottenham, and I liked the reaction of the fans."

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After the match, Josh Woods gave his thoughts on the match and despite his side's defeat, enjoyed the occasion at Anfield.

"Honestly, it was surreal," he told ITV. "I was just trying to sum up all the emotions and just try and enjoy it and stay relaxed.

"The first half I was really nervous, but I came out the second half a bit relaxed.

"I felt like we did well in the first 20 [minutes], we kept it tight, but they're world-class players and on the counter [attack] it's hard to stop."

On the second goal just before half-time, Shaun Whalley added: "That's what can happen. World-class players like Trent, he's just smacked one in the top corner.

"I don't think we were ourselves first half, but I did think that was going to happen with the nerves and the emotion of the occasion.

"In the second half we performed a lot better, we could have got back into it."

Goals from Jota, Alexander-Arnold, Danns and Chiesa helped to brush Accrington aside at Anfield as Liverpool booked their spot in the fourth round.

Arne Slot's much-changed side took their time to get going - and Accrington had their chances - but there was only one team who was going to come out on top, and it was the heavy favourites.

A sterling debut for 16-year-old Ngumoha, another FA Cup strike for teenager Danns and a first club goal for Chiesa meant it was a solid afternoon for the Premier League leaders who remain in contention across all four competitions.

The referee blows his whistle for full-time and Liverpool are into the fourth round!

The Everton loanee goes down with a foot problem.

We're into added time at the end of the second half.

Chiesa is off the mark for Liverpool!

The Italian sends another low effort across goal from outside the box and this time, his shot is the right side of the post as it nestles into the bottom corner.

He's kept chipping away and finally got his reward - his first Liverpool goal!

Liverpool are chasing a fourth and Chiesa comes close as he fizzes a shot across the turf only to be denied by the foot of the right post.

A third senior goal for Danns in a Liverpool shirt, and what a goal it was.

He scored a brace in this competition last season when he came off the bench in a 3-0 win against Southampton.

He's only the second Liverpool player to score his first three goals for the club in the FA Cup after Jason McAteer.

But it wasn't quite so clear-cut this time.

The ball is pulled back to him in the box, but it's just behind him as he tries to hook it towards goal but can't get enough purchase on it.

Absolutely brilliant from the teenager!

He wins the ball in midfield and sets up Chiesa who is denied by the goalkeeper, but Danns carries on his run, latches onto the rebound and rifles the ball into the back of the net!

A brilliant showing from the 16-year-old, who excelled on his historic debut.

18-year-old Jayden Danns comes on in his place as Liverpool look to close out victory.

Alexander-Arnold reminded everyone of his quality with another thunderbolt of a strike today.

How many more of those will we see in a red shirt?

Liverpool break fast though Chiesa, who slips the ball for Nunez to run on to but Farrend Rawson stays with the Uruguay international the whole way before perfecting a last-ditch challenge to force a corner.

Great defending.

They're giving this a real go!

This time the ball is cleared but only as far as Henderson on the edge of the box, who makes a mess of his effort.

The away side take a short corner and then Whalley delivers a cross with pace, which is perfectly paced for the unmarked Donald Love who can't hit the target from close range!

What a moment that would have been.

Connor O'Brien and Seamus Conneely are introduced as Woods and Dan Martin make way.