Liverpool's Carabao Cup campaign came to an end on Tuesday night as Aston Villa claimed a 5-0 victory in their quarter-final at Villa Park.
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 Jürgen Klopp and the first-team squad out in Qatar to compete in the FIFA Club World Cup, U23s 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.