Defeated by Aston Villa, Liverpool Still Carve Records

DBasia.news –  In the English League Cup knockout round match, at Villa Park, Wednesday (18/12), Liverpool suffered a 0-5 defeat to Aston Villa. Playing many young players in the match was considered to be the cause of Liverpool’s defeat.

Liverpool chose to play academy players against Aston Villa. Liverpool’s talented young players like Luis Longstaff, Harvey Elliott, and Sepp van den Berg, performed since the first minute. In fact, Liverpool manager who was in control of the match was not Jurgen Klopp but Neil Critchley.

Liverpool had more chances to score. The Reds created 15 chances throughout the match. Meanwhile, Aston Villa had only 11 chances.

However, due to differences in playing  hours and team quality, Liverpool foundered with five goals without reply.

Five Aston Villa winning goals were scored by Conor Hourihane (14 ‘), Morgan Boyes (17’ OG), Jonathan Kodjia (37 ‘, 45’), and Wesley Moraes (90 + 2 ‘). In the end, Aston Villa has the right to pitch to the semifinals.

Despite losing, Liverpool created a new record for the club. In that match, the average age of players who appeared as a starter is 19 years plus 182 days. That is the average age of the Reds youngest starter in various competitions.

Liverpool must take steps to play the academy players against Aston Villa. As the Reds’ senior team are focused on facing the Club World Cup.

The plan, Liverpool will challenge Monterrey in the 2019-2020 Club World Cup semifinal round, at the Khalifa International Stadium, Thursday (12/19) AM. Flamengo has been waiting for the winner at the top match.