Jurgen Klopp and Sam Ricketts
Jurgen Klopp and Sam Ricketts

Shrewsbury 2-2 Liverpool: Jurgen Klopp admits he will play a youth team in the replay


Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp will play a youth team in their FA Cup fourth-round replay at home to Shrewsbury to "respect the winter break" initiated by the Premier League.

Having seen his side throw away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with the League One side, the German now faces another match in what has already been a packed schedule this season.

The inaugural Premier League winter break comes into force next month and while a cup replay at Anfield interferes with that, Klopp is not intending to use his senior players.

He also will not be present and, like when the Reds were in Qatar winning the Club World Cup, under-23 manager Neil Critchley will take charge of a youth team as he did against Aston Villa in the quarter-final of the Carabao Cup.

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