ITV miss goal - but Everton hero Dan Gosling doesn't

Dan Gosling piled FA Cup misery on Liverpool when he scored an extra-time winner missed by millions on TV.

The Everton teenager's goal made terrible viewing for Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez, who had seen skipper Steven Gerrard limp off with a hamstring injury and Lucas sent off. But for the nation watching at home, they had to wait for repeats when ITV inexplicably cut to an advert during the last moments of extra time.

Gosling broke the deadlock with two minutes left to book the Blues a fifth-round tie with Aston Villa.

He said: "I was a bit nervous. When the ball fell to me I thought, make sure you get it on target. I'm delighted for myself, the players and all the fans."

Boss David Moyes said: "This is a great night for us, but there is better to come." Gerrard is almost certain to miss out against Portsmouth at the weekend with a hamstring strain, and is a major doubt for England's friendly with Spain next week.

Benitez says Gerrard may have to go to London to be assessed by England's physios.

"We have to check his injury with a scan and we don't know yet how it is," he said. "He was injured and asked to come off.

Maybe he will have to go to London and be scanned there too, just in case."

But Benitez insisted Liverpool's third defeat of the season would not dent their Premier League and Champions League hopes.

"I don't think so," said the Kop boss. "It will not affect us in terms of confidence."

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