Liverpool’s Carabao Cup campaign came to an end on Tuesday at Villa Park, as Aston Villa claimed a 5-0 victory in their quarterfinal game.
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It's @AVFCOfficial who advance to the last four and are in the hat for the Semi-Final draw tomorrow night!#EFL | #CarabaoCup pic.twitter.com/16ET5ILht8
— Carabao Cup (@Carabao_Cup) December 17, 2019
Conor Hourihane’s opener and Jonathan Kodjia’s brace sandwiched an unfortunate own goal from Morgan Boyes in the first half, before Villa substitute Wesley added a fifth goal on the final whistle.
With Jurgen Klopp and the first-team squad out in Qatar to compete in the FIFA Club World Cup, U-23s boss Neil Critchley took charge for the game and fielded Liverpool’s youngest ever starting XI, with an average age of 19 years and 183 days.