As Aston Villa fans will know, the draw for the fifth round of the EFL Cup took place this morning and our reward for taking a 2-1 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Wednesday evening, was a clash against Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool side.
Not a great draw given their form this year, but that’s making the assumption they will even honour their obligations as there is already a threat to boycott the game as the expected fixture date will fall whilst they are out in Qatar at the pointless Club World Cup competition.
No doubt there will be a fudge on the fixture dates to suit them, but the draw itself certainly left plenty of Villa fans on social media in a mixed mood given the draws that other perceived favoured Premier League sides got – the threat to pull out was simply the icing on the cake.
Oxford United v Manchester City
Manchester United v Colchester United
Aston Villa v Liverpool
Everton v Leicester City
Joke draw.
— Jordo93 (@Jordo931) October 31, 2019
Fixed imo
— Alfie (@AlfieAVFC16) October 31, 2019
Well it was a nice run while it lasted ????
— David Mezz (@MezzaMezz9) October 31, 2019
cheers sons crying
— dan (@daaan_1874) October 31, 2019
Just knew it would happen
— Alexander Charteris (@chart365) October 31, 2019
Lets hope LIverpool pull out ????
— Spence (@SJ_AV81) October 31, 2019
We have this.. Liverpool will play under strength. Listen to Kloop he may even forfeit the game.. the cup doesn’t revolve around Liverpool, if they can’t make the date then that’s tough. Why should they be allowed special treatment!
— Rob Hardy (@rphardy7_rob) October 31, 2019
Liverpool is about to forfeit anyways, so I’m happy with this draw
— greeeeeene (@greene530) October 31, 2019
Potential fixture clash with Club World Cup for Liverpool so we wait & see.
— Peter Wall (@1966wall) October 31, 2019
Strong chance we might get a bye or Liverpool will play a super weak side. #avfc
— Rob Jones (@UpTheAstonVilla) October 31, 2019
Semi final for villa after Liverpool forfeit????????????????????
— AV{Nåth}FC (@INathhh15) October 31, 2019
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