Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp will gather with his players on Tuesday in their Doha team hotel -- to watch Liverpool in action back in England in the Carabao Cup.
The bizarre situation has come about because the European champions are in Qatar ahead of Wednesday's Club World Cup semifinal against Mexico's Monterrey. But a fixture clash means another Liverpool team, made up of youth players, will be facing Aston Villa around 24 hours earlier on Tuesday.
Liverpool's Under-23 coach Neil Critchley will be in charge of the team at Villa Park and Klopp said he and the first-team squad will be supporting them from afar in their quarterfinal.