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Highlights: Livingston 3-0 Cove Rangers

Ryan McGowan and Tete Yengi scored the goals as Championship Livingston eased past third-tier Cove Rangers to secure a Scottish Cup quarter-final spot.

McGowan was in the right place in the six-yard box to turn in Reece McAlear's free-kick - his first of the season.

Another Adelaide-born player added the other two, as subsitute Yengi twice found the same bottom right corner to take his tally for the season to six.

Paul Hartley's Cove were trying to make history by reaching the last eight of the competition for the first time.

The visitors will look back on good saves by Jerome Prior from Findlay Marshall for spoiling that dream, and a header by Will Gillingham which drifted narrowly wide.

Cove's 11-goal striker Mitch Megginson also hit the outside of a post with a quickly taken effort from 20 yards.

There was no shortage of Scottish Cup-winning experience across the two sides.

Livi striker Stevie May lifted the trophy twice with St Johnstone and the centre-back pairing of McGowan and Danny Wilson were successful with Hearts and Rangers respectively.

As for Cove, manager Hartley was a Scottish Cup winner with Hearts and Celtic as a player, while captain Fraser Fyvie tasted glory with Hibernian, three years after lifting the FA Cup with Wigan Athletic.

Fyvie had one of the League 1 side's other good chances, shooting straight at Prior following a neatly worked corner kick routine.

The Frenchman's opposite number Nick Suman did a great job of keeping Cove in the tie when he dived high to his right to repel Dan Finlayson's bullet header.

But Suman could do nothing about Yengi's deadly strikes, one teed up by Danny Wilson's header and the other set up by Lewis Smith.

What they said

Livingston manager David Martindale: "Three goals and a clean sheet - I think that's a wee bit harsh on Cove who had a couple of chances themselves.

"I think we deserve to be in the next round but 3-0 maybe flatters us.

"We've had a difficult eight days but I thought the lads showed great energy levels and intensity. I've given the boys Monday off; they they deserve it."

Cove Rangers manager Paul Hartley: "We had some excellent chances but just weren't clinical enough at the top end of the pitch.

"Overall, I'm pleased with the players, we had a go and we really went for it. I'm disappointed to be out the cup but not disappointed by how we played.

"We have to move onto the league now as we've got 14 games to try and do something."