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Adrian interview: "Chelsea tie is the first of three finals in a row" Tonight's FA Cup tie with Chelsea is the first of three successive 'finals' across eight days in three different competitions, according to Adrian. Liverpool travel to Stamford Bridge for a fifth-round encounter having eliminated Everton and Shrewsbury Town to reach this stage. An opportunity to bounce back in the Premier League, after last weekend’s defeat against Watford, follows at home to Bournemouth, before the Reds will attempt to overturn a deficit against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League. Adrian underlined the importance of this run of matches as the goalkeeper sat down with Liverpoolfc to preview the cup contest at Chelsea. Read our interview with the Spaniard below… Firstly, the weekend game. How would you assess the mood in the dressing room after the defeat at Vicarage Road? As always, being together and have the mentality to work harder than we did. It’s part of the

Neil Critchley on Villa lessons, Jones and Elliott and Shrewsbury analysis Neil Critchley hopes his youthful Liverpool team will show that they learned lessons in defeat by Aston Villa when they take on Shrewsbury Town. The U23s boss will lead a young Reds side in Tuesday night’s FA Cup fourth-round replay against League One opposition at Anfield. Critchley was in charge as a team of Academy players lost a Carabao Cup quarter-final at Villa Park in December - and he wants to see evidence that his players absorbed the experience of how that tie unfolded this time around. “I was really proud of the performance and I thought we never gave up our way of playing, but at the end I also couldn’t help feeling a little bit disappointed as well,” Critchley told Liverpoolfc.com of that night. “Two reasons: one is, I thought 5-0 was a harsh scoreline, I thought it was cruel, I didn’t think we actually deserved to get beat by that scoreline. But also the lesson we have to learn is: yes, the

Manchester United 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers, FA Cup third-round replay Juan Mata's superb second-half goal sent Manchester United into the FA Cup fourth round as they beat Wolves. The Spanish midfielder chipped over keeper John Ruddy to settle the third-round replay after being put through on goal by Anthony Martial. Wolves had an early Pedro Neto strike ruled out by the video assistant referee for a handball in the build-up. But it was a deserved win for the hosts, who had the better chances in a tight game at Old Trafford. Manchester United will next travel to either Watford or Tranmere - whose third-round replay at Prenton Park on Tuesday was postponed because of heavy rain. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side did not manage a shot on target in the goalless first game between the two sides at Molineux on 4 January but were much more threatening in this match. An excellent save by Ruddy prevented Mata from opening the scoring in the first half, while Daniel James was also