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With Chelsea and Manchester City both dumped out in the fourth round, Liverpool along with Arsenal and Manchester United are heavily fancied to go all the way.  Brendan Rodgers' men

travel to Crystal Palace in the fifth round on Saturday hoping to avoid a potentially season-defining result like the 3-3 draw at Selhurst Park last May that put a huge dent in

Liverpool's Premier League title hopes, with City eventually crowned champions.  Palace also ran out 3-1 winners at home in the league clash between the sides in November and Carragher

knows Rodgers' side can ill-afford another slip-up in south London.  You may like "There is no doubt Palace have been a bogey team for Liverpool," wrote the legendary former

Anfield defender in his weekly _Daily Mail_ column.  "They shattered Brendan Rodgers' hopes of bringing the title back to Anfield and the effects of that 3-3 draw were still being

felt all the way through to last November, when Liverpool folded at Selhurst Park and were beaten 3-1.  "Only after that defeat were Liverpool able to start recovering and while they

head into Saturday night's FA Cup fifth-round tie with an opportunity to really build some momentum, the squad will be conscious of the threat Alan Pardew’s men pose. "It is the

tie of the weekend, as Palace will be aiming to inflict further misery on Liverpool and dreaming of the chance to repeat their achievements of 1990 and get back to Wembley. The best

features, fun and footballing quizzes, straight to your inbox every week. "They can be difficult opposition when the home crowd get behind them. This match, however, is huge for

Liverpool. "With their hopes of getting into the top four still delicately balanced and a tough Europa League fixture against Besiktas looming, they cannot afford to let the FA Cup slip

away. "They cannot suffer at the hands of their bogeymen again."