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Harvey Elliott of Liverpool handles the ball, resulting in a penalty kick being awarded during the Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round match between Plymouth Argyle and Liverpool.

Harvey Elliott expressed his frustration over the penalty decision that proved costly for Liverpool in their shock FA Cup loss to bottom-of-the-Championship side Plymouth.

That's just not a natural way of jumping.' I was trying my hardest to block the ball and my arm was up there but it was about a metre away from the player shooting,” reports the Mirror.

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Elliott continued to reflect on the incident which he felt responsible for, expressing disappointment at contributing to the defeat: “But it's football, it's a kick in the teeth really.



It's not nice to lose this way and it's not nice for it to be on you, as I gave away the penalty.

I need to keep my head up and keep pushing on."

Elliott might have been displeased, but his manager Arne Slot conceded that the second-half penalty awarded to the opposition was fair, praising their solid gameplay.

Speaking after their quadruple dreams were dashed in Devon, he commented: "Credit to them, a good game plan, they worked incredibly hard and they got a penalty that was deserved, because it was a clear penalty; a correct decision.

But that had a lot of impact on the game, of course, because both teams hardly had any chances and all of a sudden you get a penalty kick."

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He added, with a tinge of disappointment: "Again, which was the correct decision, but they were 1-0 up and kept on fighting until the end.