Brendan Rodgers has lifted the cup on two occasions and would love to make it a hat-trick at Hampden in May.
You'd think Livi would be relieved to be away from league action for a week, considering their woes, but manager Martindale's mind is still fixed on top-flight survival. Today's game may be viewed by many as the cliched 'free hit' for Livi but their boss wishes he could come away with three points and not the 'distraction' of the Scottish Cup. He said: It’s not how I see it, to be fair; I would rather be right into league action.
It’s a quarter-final of the Scottish Cup but for me I want to get right into league action, I want to change the circumstances we are in. I don’t want to be sitting here talking about being six points behind, I want to be sitting here after the next game talking about being three points behind. For me, it’s a distraction, that’s what it is, but if I had the choice of playing in the Scottish Cup this week or a league game this week, I’d be favouring a league game because I want to get playing these games.
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