London (AFP)
The youngest eleven in Liverpool history, the incumbents being taken by the Club World in Qatar, took a hard lesson at Aston Villa (5-0), Tuesday, in the quarter-finals of the English League Cup .
Faced with an insane calendar, Jürgen Klopp had decided to assume a strong choice in the priorities of the club: to give themselves the best chances to win the first world title of the Reds rather than the League Cup.
With just 19 and a half years of average age and fifteen appearances in the Premier League together, the Baby Reds, whose jersey numbers ranged from 51 to 99, have nothing to be ashamed of in their performance , the score does not reflect the physiognomy of the match.
In the first minutes, we wondered even if it was not the Birmingham club which was the most intimidated.
Liverpool lit the first streaks in the 10th minute by Harvey Elliott (16) and Herbie Kane (21).
But the match changed in three minutes, on a free kick from Connor Hourihane touched by Jonathan Kodjia and that goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher failed to push back (1-0, 17th), then on a center from Mohamed Elmohamady deflected by Morgan Boyes who lobbed the poor Liverpool goalkeeper (2-0, 20th).
The former Angevin Kodjia, usually a replacement, then offered a double on more classic goals at the end of the first period (37th and 45th), but the Villans reached the break with 4 goals in 3 shots attempted, while their opponents had 8 shots including 4 on target.
The second period was quieter and the last goal at the start of extra time, by Wesley, made no difference.
The Brazilian also had the good taste not to celebrate his goal against a team whose certain players, full of promise, will soon experience a happier fate in the Reds.
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