Despite taking the lead twice, Plymouth Argyle were unable to overcome Port Vale in the FA Cup 3rd round replay as they bowed out of the competition.
In their first meeting at Vale Park, the Pilgrims came from behind to draw 2-2, but in the replay, at Home Park, it was the Pilgrims who sped out of the block as Argentinean midfielder Andres Gurrieri-in the week that his fellow countryman Lionel Messi relinquished his Ballon D'Or award to Cristiano Ronaldo- opened the scoring for Argyle after two minutes.
Jordan Hugill then equalised for Vale with a strike from 18-yards before Pilgrims skipper Conor Hourihane restored Argyle's advantage nine minutes before half-time.
Ben Williamson headed home Vale's equaliser midway through the second half, which gave Vale a platform to take the lead on 75 minutes when Jennison Myrie-Williams struck with what proved to be the game's decisive goal.
However, it could have been a different five minutes later when the Pilgrims were awarded a penalty when Hourihane was felled in the area by Chris Lines, which earned the former Bristol Rovers man a red card.
Argyle's top scorer Reuben Reid- the Pilgrims' top scorer with 13 goals- then stepped up to take the spot-kick, which was saved by Vale keeper Chris Neal, thus denying Argyle a replay and leaving them to concentrate on the league.
