There are 67 places between these teams, though it didn’t look that way last night. Plymouth did themselves, and League Two, proud.
True, there was no Lincoln or Sutton style shock — but then again Liverpool are no Ipswich Town or AFC Wimbledon. They had Philippe Coutinho, they had Daniel Sturridge. And it took Lucas Leiva’s first goal since the month Ed Miliband was elected Labour leader to resolve the tie.
It would be an exaggeration to say Liverpool were outplayed, but they were certainly worried. Not least in the 74th minute when Plymouth hit a post, and Jake Jervis was denied what surely would have been recalled as one of the great FA Cup goals.