The FA Cup used to produce upsets which stayed in the collective football memory for years - lower division clubs upsetting the big boys, the underdogs winning the hearts of the neutrals.
Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp announced that not only would none of his first-team players feature in the replay at Anfield but that he wouldn't bother turning up either. But there is also no escaping the fact that Klopp's action is sending a clear message that he and the club simply don't care about winning the FA Cup.
Klopp and the other managers who fielded weakened teams, always say how they respect the competition and are simply rotating their squad but there is no escaping the fact that managers who want to win games field their best teams. But let's not have any more talk of respecting the Cup. It has become an unwelcome distraction for the big clubs and many not so big clubs.
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