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Liverpool, Spurs humbled in FA Cup, Chelsea escape

Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur were both dumped out of the FA Cup by lower-league sides on Sunday, on a day of sensational fourth-round upsets that also saw Chelsea scrape a 2-2 draw at lowly Brentford.

Oldham Athletic's English player Lee Croft (C) runs with the ball during the English FA Cup fourth round football match between Oldham Athletic and Liverpool at Boundary Park, Oldham, north-west England on January 27, 2013. Oldham won 3-2.

The magnitude of the shocks seemed to increase as the day progressed, with Chelsea's near miss followed by Spurs' 2-1 loss at Championship side Leeds United before Liverpool went down 3-2 at third-tier Oldham Athletic.

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