Chelsea 2-0 Liverpool: Hits and Flops as the Blues defeat the Reds to secure quarter-final spot | FA Cup 2019-20

#3 Flop: Fabinho

Fabinho was sloppy in possession, bypassed too easily and made sluggish mistakes too

Since returning from a ligament injury that sidelined him for eight weeks, it's fair to say Fabinho hasn't been the same destructive player who prompted many Liverpool supporters to herald him as one of the world's best in his position.

Instead he has been sloppy in possession, sluggish in the tackle and a rather unconvincing midfield protector for the runaway league leaders. The same was the case on this occasion, with the Brazilian playing like he'd just woken up and still had to catch his bearings at times.

Although Joe Gomez and Adrian were not blameless, it was his needless error in possession which gifted Chelsea's opener. A slack pass was cut out and within seconds, Liverpool had a deficit to overturn. Barkley's marauding run was excellent, but poor from the Reds' perspective: how could the former Everton man be allowed freedom to roam through midfield from his own half, untouched? Fabinho was lagging behind in pursuit.

Gilmour won the Man of the Match award, but for a player of his slight frame, he had a licence to glide and orchestrate in areas that Fabinho should have made his own: regardless of whether he had Lallana and Curtis Jones next to him or not.

Fabinho won just four of 13 duels, lost possession 14 times, was dribbled past on three occasions and committed two fouls - booked for a challenge on Mount, from which the English playmaker hit the crossbar.