00:00From the 2-0 defeat away to Sheffield United at the weekend, only Henry Lansbury keeps his place.
00:06Many of these players will be hungry for a good performance to earn the right to be a starter in
00:11the next Premier League match.
00:13And a virtually untried link-up in the front three with the Spaniard Jota earning a rare start alongside Jonathan
00:20Codger and the Egyptian Trezeguet.
00:23The experienced James Chester gets a rare start too and the captain's armband.
00:29And Orjan Nijlan makes his first appearance of the season in goal with Jed Steer who started the previous three
00:35rounds out with injury.
00:38Strange look to the Liverpool line-up tonight.
00:40As I've said, it is their under-23s who figure Liverpool field in the youngest starting XI in their 127
00:47-year history.
00:48Three in this line-up, started the 5-5 draw and victory over Arsenal on penalties in the last round.
00:54Goalkeeper Quivin Kelleher, centre-back Sepp Vandenberghe and 16-year-old Harvey Elliott.
01:02Striker, one of the better-known players amongst the young party.
01:06Rian Brewster with previous first-team experience.
01:09He misses out with an ankle injury.
01:11The average starting age of this first XI tonight is just 19.
01:17And of the 18-man squad that under-23s coach Neil Critchley brings to Villa Park, 14 of them are
01:24teenagers.
01:25At the end of 90 minutes, it'll be penalties.
01:29The prize plays in the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup.
01:32Underway then, referee is Lee Mason.
01:39National viewing audience on these young rookie Liverpool players in Inter.
01:48The left foot of Harahan again.
01:52In with pace, and it's right through Kelleher.
01:58Well, Kodja wheeled away, but I'm not sure anybody got a touch on it.
02:01Not in a Villa shirt, at least, anyway.
02:04And Connor Harahan will be claiming the goal.
02:12Whipped in with pace.
02:14Difficult one for Liverpool to defend.
02:19Yeah, just a little deflection of the goalkeeper, Kelleher.
02:22That's all, it's Harahan's goal.
02:26Just brushed under his right arm.
02:29And he couldn't get down enough to plug the gap under his body there.
02:34And there's El Mohamedy.
02:35It's making a good run forward here, the full-back.
02:38Oh, that's awkward for Kelleher, and it's gone in.
02:42Well, that's really unfortunate.
02:47El Mohamedy takes the congratulations.
02:50And he's looking for the cross, really.
02:53And it came off Boyce.
02:56And they'll have to go down as an own goal.
03:02There's a great deal of good fortune about this for Aston Villa.
03:05They double their lead.
03:08There's not a lot Morgan Boyce can do about this.
03:11The deflection took it right over the head of Kelleher.
03:20In, off the far post.
03:22Mr Miller 2, Liverpool 0.
03:26Very unfortunate moment for both the goalkeeper and the defender, Morgan Boyce.
03:37Exactly that.
03:41It's a chance here for Kelleher.
03:43They're short at the back here now, and Kelleher makes it three.
03:48Well, they paid for sloppy defending there, Liverpool.
03:52And that should just about wrap things up now for Villa in the semi-final place.
03:57Very hard to see this young, inexperienced, but very talented Liverpool side coming back.
04:04It was a mistake from Vandenberg.
04:06Vandenberg and Kodja helped himself to Villa's third.
04:13Vandenberg just unable to get that ball under his spell,
04:18and Kodja ran through a huge gap down the middle of the Liverpool defence.
04:22They easily beat the up-rushing Kelleher.
04:39It's been a question of Aston Villa being clinical with their finishing.
04:42They've had some good fortune along the way.
04:45Liverpool have not lost Louise.
04:46Here's Lansbury.
04:51This is it, Schotter.
04:53And comes across, and there's the fourth.
04:57No problems for Jonathan Kodja.
05:03And Aston Villa going to town a little bit now on this inexperienced Liverpool side.
05:09Experience telling.
05:12Looked like Kruver had dealt with the threat.
05:15Ian Schotter helped it out here to El Mohamedy.
05:18He's certainly onside, Kodja.
05:20In front of Vandenberg.
05:26It was a fairly easy finish, wasn't it?
05:30Mr Villa 4, Liverpool 0.
05:41Kira Villa.
05:43Now or never, if they are to get a goal.
05:52Nice little dummy from Wesley.
05:55Villa looking to put the gloss on it now.
05:57Well-timed run from Wesley.
05:59Should be five.
06:00It's five.
06:03Well, his first goal in ten appearances.
06:07That's important for Aston Villa going forward.
06:09Dean Smith has his Brazilian on the scoresheet again.
06:15Virtually the last action of this Carabao Cup quarterfinal tie.
06:20Perfectly timed run here.
06:23Clearly onside and a very tidy finish.
06:27And it'll go down in the record books as a 5-0 win for Aston Villa over Liverpool.
06:32But these youngsters certainly don't deserve a 5-0 scoreline.
06:38That's been a theme throughout the commentary tonight.
06:40And apologies for repeating it again and again.
06:44But...
06:44So, Ing.
06:44This is our modified thing.
06:45I'm sure we will.
06:45I30 1.
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