In the fifth round Daniel Farke’s Leeds side will face Chelsea or Aston Villa, who replay their fourth-round tie on Wednesday.
After a slow start for both Championship sides in wet and blustery conditions, Leeds burst to life when Mateo Joseph waltzed through the Plymouth box before his strike was tipped onto the crossbar by Conor Hazard.
Leeds were denied again by the woodwork moments later when Joel Piroe’s powerful effort from the edge of the area rattled off the crossbar.
A momentum shift saw the Pilgrims produce promising attacks of their own, but superb blocks from Sam Byram and Joe Rodon ensured the teams finished an end-to-end first half on level terms.
Piroe and Joseph came close as Leeds dominated the early stages of the second half before Italian forward Gnonto broke the deadlock with a low strike that fizzed through the legs of Ashley Phillips before nestling into the bottom corner of the Plymouth goal.
Plymouth forced their way back into the game when Phillips got on the end of a free-kick into the box and knocked it across the face of goal for Galloway to bundle the ball over the line.
Leeds’ Joe Gelhardt and Plymouth’s Ryan Hardie came close to clinching victory for their sides in the final minutes of stoppage time, but the woodwork denied the Leeds substitute before Illan Meslier produced a brilliant save at the other end to send the game to extra time.
Summerville came on in the dying moments of the second half and needed little time to make an impact as he cut in on his right foot, sending Phillips the wrong way before placing the ball past Hazard.
The Dutch winger was involved again to set up Leeds’ third goal, squaring the ball to Rutter, who slotted the ball into the bottom corner.
Hardie flicked a corner into his own net to end Plymouth’s hopes of reaching the fifth round of the FA Cup for the first time since the 2006-07 season.
Leeds boss Daniel Farke told BBC Sport: “Credit to Plymouth, they found a way in the first leg although we were dominant, although we created so many chances, to get a result. It was the same today.
“They always found a way to get a foot in the door and for that we had to dig in and keep going and I loved the attitude today.
“We deserved this. Even if they would go and lead, I was 100% certain that we would win this cup tie because we have done more than enough in 180 minutes in order to deserve it.”
Plymouth boss Ian Foster told BBC Sport: “It’s quite a sobering scoreline, it doesn’t quite reflect the entire game, but they put so much quality and firepower on the pitch late on and we found it quite difficult to deal with it in moments.
“I’m incredibly proud of the players. We’ve stuck in, we’ve showed moments of quality ourselves and we’re obviously incredibly disappointed to be going out of the competition but I’m really proud of every single player tonight.
“We don’t want to make any excuses, but the truth of the matter is we were without eight first-team players tonight. “e can’t fill the bench, three 18-year-olds on the pitch for probably 50 minutes of the game so we’ve done smashing.”In the fifth round, Daniel Farke’s Leeds side will face either Chelsea or Aston Villa, who repeat their fourth round tie on Wednesday.After a slow start for both sides of the Championship in wet and stormy conditions, Leeds came alive as Mateo Joseph burst through the Plymouth penalty area before his shot was tipped onto the crossbar by Conor Hazard.Moments later, Leeds were pushed to the woodwork again when Joel Piroe’s powerful shot from the edge of the penalty area hit the crossbar.A change in momentum saw the Pilgrims develop some promising attacks of their own, but excellent defending from Sam Byram and Joe Rodon saw the teams finish a consistent first half on level terms.Piroe and Joseph went close as Leeds dominated early in the second half before Italian striker Gnonto broke the deadlock with a low shot that went through the legs of Ashley Phillips before nestling into the bottom corner from the Plymouth goal. Plymouth forced their way back into the game when Phillips converted a free kick in the area and fired it across goal for Galloway to head the ball over the line.
Leeds’ Joe Gelhardt and Plymouth’s Ryan Hardie almost secured victory for their sides in the final minutes of injury time, but the bars parried the Leeds substitute before Illan Meslier made a brilliant save at the other end and that the match goes into overtime.
Summerville came on in the dying moments of the second half and didn’t need much time to make an impact as he cut in with his right foot and sent Phillips the wrong way before putting the ball in front of Hazard.
The Dutch winger was again involved in the build-up to Leeds’ third goal by passing the ball to Rutter who pushed the ball into the bottom corner.
Hardie fired a corner into his own goal, ending Plymouth’s hopes of reaching the fifth round of the FA Cup for the first time since the 2006–07 season.
Leeds manager Daniel Farke told BBC Sport: “Thanks to Plymouth, they found a way to get a result in the first leg, even though we were dominant, even though we created so many chances.
It was the same today.”“They always found a way to get their foot in the door and because of that we had to persevere and move forward and I liked the attitude today.
“We deserved it. Even if they had been ahead, I was 100% sure that we would have won this cup match because we did more than enough in 180 minutes to deserve it.
“Plymouth boss Ian Foster told BBC Sport: “It’s a sobering score, it doesn’t quite reflect the whole game, but they put so much quality and firepower on the pitch in the final phase and we found enough difficult to deal with in a single moment.” just a few moments left.”
“I am incredibly proud of the players. We persevered, we had some quality moments ourselves and we’re obviously incredibly disappointed to be knocked out of the competition, but I’m really proud of every player tonight.
““We don’t want to make excuses, but the truth is that we were without eight first-team players tonight during the match, so we managed to go above and beyond our expectations.
