Liverpool 1 - 2 Reading

Shane Long's extra-time goal gave Reading a deserved 2-1 win over Liverpool in their FA Cup third-round replay at Anfield.

Gylfi Sigurdsson's injury-time penalty forced the game into extra-time to cancel out Ryan Bertrand's unfortunate own goal on the stroke of half-time.

Long came off the bench to win the penalty after being kicked by Yossi Benayoun inside the box and Sigurdsson coolly slotted the ball past Diego Cavalieri sending the keeper the wrong way from the spot.

Reading grabbed the winner ten minutes into the first period of extra-time when Brynjar Gunnarsson skipped past Benayoun and nutmegged Emiliano Insua before sending a cross over for Long to head home from six yards.

To make matters worse on a miserable night for Rafa Benitez he saw star duo Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard forced off with knocks.

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[jkcfo]

NOT HAPPY!!!

I don't mean to sound like Alex Ferguson but i blame the referee because that was obviously not a penalty!!!

[oakleykid1960]

Me too!!

[fla3x]

They will be lucky to even finish in a euro league spot.

[oakleykid1960]

Not Good Is It!!!!!

[amokkisback]

delighted the pool r going down the drain

[oakleykid1960]

Why?

[goldpot007]

Definitely a penalty, lately rafa's blaming everything bar hiself

[goldpot007]

Rafa's run out of excuses. why doesn't he make an excuse why he isn't sacked ? And don't say it's the boardroom they don't pick the team or play lucas

[URZZZZZZZZ]

Of course it was a penalty!! He was clearly tripped, inside the box, does it need to be any clearer than that?

If anyone needs to be blamed for throwing himself to the ground too easily its Gerrard!

[ReadingFCJack]

because you can just trip people over from behind in the box can you?