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LET’S KEEP REDS’ CARABAO CUP EXIT IN PERSPECTIVE

LIVERPOOL have taken plenty of stick for fielding a de facto youth team in Tuesday’s 5-0 Carabao Cup defeat to Aston Villa.
But let’s assess the situation rationally. Yes, it’s a bit distasteful. With £3.5m on offer for winning the Club World Cup, plus a global audience to impress, Liverpool’s decision to send the first-team to Qatar was clearly commercial.
Did they devalue the domestic game by doing so. Again, yes. But whilst it is tempting to extrapolate their actions and lament the inevitable demise of cup football, it is important to remember that a Champio...

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