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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said he must follow through with plans to field a weakened team in the FA Cup fourth-round replay with Shrewsbury Town, otherwise "nothing will change" in English football.
The Premier League leaders will host the Shrews at Anfield on February 4—which falls during the Premier League's inaugural midseason break—having drawn 2-2 at Montgomery Waters Meadow on Sunday.
But Klopp defended his decision to send out a second-string side and miss the match himself, per Goal's Ryan Benson:
"People can name me whatever.