Forced by Shrewsbury (D3) to replay their 4th round of the FA Cup (2-2) on Sunday, Liverpool will send their under-22 team to avoid sacrificing the winter mini-truce established for the first time this season.
“I told the boys two weeks ago that we would have our Christmas break, which means that we will not be (at the replayed game). The kids will be playing. In April 2019, we received a letter from the Premier League, I believe, asking them to respect the winter break and not to organize during this friendly or competitive period. We will respect that, “said Jürgen Klopp.
In a championship that plays the day after Christmas and January 1, the authorities had finally introduced a cut in two stages this season by spreading a championship day over two weekends to allow each team to have two weeks of rest in the month of February.
Liverpool was to receive Southampton on February 1 for the 25th day, before moving to Norwich on the 15th for the 26th. But after spoiling a 2-goal advantage and being joined by Shrewsbury, thanks to two goals in ten minutes from substitute Jason Cummings, the Reds are expected to play on February 4 at Anfield.
This match will therefore be played by the under-21 team, which had already had to “replace” team A for a quarter-finals of the League Cup, while team 1 competed on the same day the World Cup. Clubs in Qatar. An experience that had gone wrong, since the Baby Reds lost 5-0.
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