Everton have not won at Anfield since 1999 but new manager hopes his record will tell against Liverpool in third-round tie
Carlo Ancelotti has a much better record in the FA Cup than Jürgen Klopp, despite spending only two seasons in England to the Liverpool manager’s four. Chelsea went all the way in Ancelotti’s first season at Stamford Bridge, winning at Wembley to leave the Italian newcomer with an impressive league and Cup Double, and, though they were knocked out by Everton in the fourth round the following year, they had already completed a 7-0 rout of Ipswich in the third.
It is fair to say that Klopp’s FA Cup career thus far has never hit any of those heights. His Liverpool side have made third- or fourth-round exits in each of his four excursions into the competition, the only three teams Klopp has succeeded in beating in the Cup are Exeter, Plymouth and, er, Everton, and last year, when Liverpool went out in the third round at Wolves, the manager faced criticism for fielding a much-changed side featuring three teenagers making their debuts.
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