Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says his side won't be able to play in the next round of the League Cup - unless a scheduling compromise is made.
They're due to compete in the Club World Cup in Qatar a day after their quarter-final at Aston Villa.
“FIFA tells us we have to go to the Club World Cup, the Premier League tell us we have to play in the Carabao Cup so we try to play it, but if we don’t find time it will not happen in our winter break or whatever they give us, because we need that,” said Klopp.
“It shows the problem we have in the Premier League that no one cares about things like this, so that’s how it is.
“If they don’t find a place for us, an appropriate place, not 3pm on Christmas Day or something, then we don’t play.
“They have to make it. You have to think about these things – if you have a fixture list, where one team cannot be part of all the games, then you have to think about it.
“We will not be the victim of this problem. If they don’t find a proper date for us, then we cannot play the next round and whoever is our opponent will go through – or Arsenal play them.”
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