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Follow FA Cup fourth-round draw from around 18: 30 GMT FT: Liverpool 4-1 Barnsley: Szoboszlai scores stunning opener before Frimpong's second Szoboszlai's error gifts Phillips goal for Barnsley before Wirtz and Ekitike put Reds in control Listen to commentary on Radio 5 Live and this page Reds host Brighton in fourth round Get Involved: Comment on this page, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Marissa Thomas Liverpool 2-1 Barnsley Dion Dublin Former Aston Villa and Man Utd striker on BBC Radio 5 Live at Anfield You can hear the Liverpool fans getting restless. They're watching thinking, 'Come on! ' Liverpool 2-1 Barnsley Corey O'Keeffe takes a Barnsley free-kick after Reyes Clearly is fouled but his effort is cleared. Liverpool 2-1 Barnsley Eilidh Barbour BBC Radio 5 Live reporter at Anfield You can hear the Liverpool supporters trying to urge their team forward. Good start to the half from Barnsley. Liverpool 2-1 Barnsley Reyes Cleary plays a cross into the box and Joe Gomez just manages to get there ahead of Davis Keillor-Dunn. Barnsley are giving this their best shot. Liverpool 2-1 Barnsley Federico Chiesa takes aim from inside the box but his shot is blocked. Liverpool will want to restore their two-goal lead as soon as possible. Liverpool 2-1 Barnsley The second half begins at Anfield. HT: Liverpool 2-1 Barnsley Steve Mc Manaman Former Liverpool winger on TNT Sports I don't like it at all from Szoboszlai. You'd never do that against Arsenal or Manchester City. Why he is doing that against Barnsley, I'll never know. Something must be going on in his mind. .. because he was flicking the ball around in the first half and looking comfortable. But you don't do that in those areas. I didn't like it. HT: Liverpool 2-1 Barnsley Dominik Szoboszlai is the first Liverpool player to score and make an error leading to a goal since Alexis Mac Allister against Spurs in December 2024. HT: Liverpool 2-1 Barnsley Dion Dublin Former Aston Villa and Man Utd striker on BBC Radio 5 Live at Anfield On Szobozslai's mistake for the Barnsley goal: Szobozslai has tried to do a fake backheel to his keeper in order to give himself a bit more space as he moves forward. Unfortunately the ball was closer than he thought so he stopped it four yards out and it was a tap in. HT: Liverpool 2-1 Barnsley Jobi Mc Anuff Former Crystal Palace and Reading winger on BBC Radio 5 Live On Szobozslai's mistake for the Barnsley goal: The first half was almost too easy for Liverpool at times. Yes Barnsley had a couple of opportunities and didn't take them prior to their goal and as an opponent you get yourself into a mindset of doing things you wouldn't normally do. The game was safe at that point and it's just one of those horrendous situations. It looks worse the more you watch it back. Whatever he's done, he's got it all wrong. HT: Liverpool 2-1 Barnsley Mark Chapman BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Do you think Szobozslai was trying to be a bit clever for his own good? He wouldn't have tried that at home to Arsenal would he? Click 'Get Involved' to have your say Dominic Szoboslai - From the sublime to the ridiculous Mohammed Szoboszlai - the reason for his mistake? Pure arrogance. He got what he deserved. Barry, Wirral HT: Liverpool 2-1 Barnsley Dion Dublin Former Aston Villa and Man Utd striker on BBC Radio 5 Live at Anfield I've enjoyed it. I've liked the way that Barnsley have been incredibly disciplined, They've had 25% of the ball. Liverpool need to be a little bit more ruthless in front of goal. They have created some really good chances but they haven't committed players into the box for crosses. For the Liverpool players, don't think this is just going to happen, make it happen. Click 'Get Involved' to have your say I’m sorry it’s boring, but Slot won the league last season. Klopp didn’t play Gravenberch as a 6, he bought Endo instead. The problem is a massively changed starting 11 (bought by a Director of Football, not Slot). He is owed time. Liverpool fans need some perspective. The manager merry go round we see at other clubs only serves to prove how rare a ‘Klopp’ or a ‘Pep’ is. Dave, Lincoln Alonso as Liverpool manager now is the kind of thinking that leads to Man Utd's current situation Graham, Essex Liverpool 2-1 Barnsley Liverpool are ahead at the break. Liverpool 2-1 Barnsley Dion Dublin Former Aston Villa and Man Utd striker on BBC Radio 5 Live at Anfield Barnsley are just trying to stick at this point until half time, just so they can give themselves a chance of staying in the game. Liverpool 2-1 Barnsley Dominik Szoboszlai still looks crestfallen after his costly error. Two minutes are added on at the end of an entertaining first half. Click 'Get Involved' to have your say I really rate and like Szoboszlai but a back heel in your own six yard box is just about one of the dumbest things I’ve ever seen. Please don't ever do that again Dom. Paul B I'm lost for words! A brilliant goal and a brain fart from the same player! Kevin, Southport Liverpool 2-1 Barnsley Ally Mc Coist Former Rangers striker on TNT Sports I don't know what Szoboszlai is thinking. He does well to match the run, and then defensively his duties were all but done as he gets in front of Phillips. Does he try to stand on the ball or backheel it. .. oh he does. He tries to backheel it! What is he thinking? That is incredible. Absolutely incredible. I don't think I've ever seen a player of that quality do something like that in an area where you shouldn't even be thinking about it. I'm stunned. Liverpool 2-1 Barnsley Only Dominik Szoboszlai knows what he was thinking. A backheel in your own box? Madness. This video can not be played Late goals add shine as Liverpool beat spirited Barnsley in FA Cup At a glance Superb Dominik Szoboszlai and Jeremie Frimpong strikes give Liverpool 2-0 lead Adam Phillips pulls one back for Barnsley after Szoboszlai howler Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike score late on as Liverpool make it 11 games unbeaten in all competitions Arne Slot's side to host Brighton in the next round PLAYER RATER Liverpool battled past a spirited Barnsley side at Anfield to set up an FA Cup fourth-round tie with Brighton. Arne Slot's side scored twice in the first half through brilliant strikes from Dominik Szoboszlai and Jeremie Frimpong but a calamitous moment from Szoboszlai gave the League One outfit a lifeline. In the 40th minute, Szoboszlai attempted a backheel in his own box to keeper Giorgi Mamardashvili but scuffed it and Adam Phillips, a boyhood Liverpool fan, was on hand to finish in front of the Kop and send the 6, 000 travelling fans wild. The Tykes had a penalty shout turned down in the second half when Reyes Cleary went down in the box under a challenge from Szoboszlai. On the sideline, Barnsley boss Conor Hourihane was furious and with no video assistant referee in play for the FA Cup third round, there was no check. Liverpool calmed the nerves late on when substitutes Hugo Ekitike and Florian Wirtz combined, with Wirtz firing an unstoppable effort into the top corner after the France forward's excellent backheel. The pair combined again in added time, with Ekitike sliding in to tap in at the back post. Slot stuck to his pre-match promise and did not make wholesale changes but there were starts for teenager Rio Ngumoha and Federico Chiesa, while Ekitike came off the bench in the second half after missing the last two games with injury. Despite 57 places separating the two sides in the league pyramid, Barnsley flew out of the blocks and hit the bar through Davis Keillor-Dunn's header in the opening minute. Szoboszlai calmed the Anfield nerves with a great hit from outside the box that left Murphy Cooper with no chance in the Barnsley goal. Frimpong doubled Liverpool's lead in the 36th minute with a left-footed effort but just as the tie looked done and dusted, Szoboszlai delivered the moment that he will never want to watch again. Thankfully for the Hungarian and Liverpool, it didn't prove costly. Having lost to Barnsley on the two most recent occasions they visited Anfield in 1997 and 2008, this win extended Liverpool's unbeaten run to 11 games. Dominik Szoboszlai scored the opener but his error let Barnsley pull one back The fact that Slot felt the need to throw on Ibrahima Konate, Wirtz and Ekitike on the hour mark summed up exactly how much Barnsley pushed Liverpool. When Frimpong made it 2-0 in the first half Liverpool should have coasted to victory, but Szoboszlai's error gave the Tykes a sniff and led to a nervous second half for the home fans. The hosts were far from convincing and Anfield was on edge until Wirtz restored the two-goal advantage in the 84th minute. In the end, the difference in class showed with the first three Liverpool goals coming from real moments of individual quality. The link up between Wirtz and Ekitike after they came on was definitely encouraging to see for Slot and Liverpool supporters but this was a night where Hourihane's side can take plenty of pride from their effort. Until the 84th minute, this cup tie was well in the balance. After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Manager: Arne Slot Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Conor Hourihane Formation: 5 - 4 - 1 Manager: Arne Slot Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Conor Hourihane Formation: 5 - 4 - 1 FA Cup All competitions All competitions All competitions Liverpool lost their last FA Cup tie against Barnsley in the 2007-08 fifth round but they have progressed from their other four ties against them in 1894-95, 1905-06, 1913-14, and 1984-85. Barnsley have won their last two games at Anfield in all competitions, winning in the Premier League in 1997 and FA Cup in 2008. No side are on a longer ongoing winning run away at Liverpool than the Tykes (also Nottingham Forest and Atalanta on two). Liverpool have progressed from 13 of their last 14 FA Cup third round ties, losing the other 2-1 against Wolves in 2018-19. They haven’t been knocked out at this stage against a non-Premier League side since 2009-10, going out against Reading. Barnsley have been eliminated in each of their last six FA Cup ties against Premier League sides since knocking Chelsea out in the quarter-final in the 2007-08 campaign. Liverpool have won eight of their last nine FA Cup home matches (D1) since losing 3-2 to West Brom in January 2018. In fact, their last two home defeats have been against W teams (Wolves and West Brom) – they’ve won their last nine home FA Cup matches against sides not beginning with W by an aggregate score of 25-6. Copyright © 2026 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.