Jurgen Klopp paid tribute to the efforts of the young Aston Villa side who briefly threatened to embarrass Liverpool in the FA Cup, and reserved special praise for goalscorer Louie Barry.
The 17-year-old struck just before half-time to peg back the Premier League champions in the FA Cup third round tie at Villa Park, after Sadio Mane had threatened to open the floodgates with an early header.
A strong Liverpool side eventually took the game away from the youngsters in the second half, with Gini Wijnaldum, Mane and Mohamed Salah all scoring within five minutes of each other to make it 4-1.
But with Villa's youngsters thrust into action in the wake of the positive coronavirus cases in the first-team squad, Klopp knew that all the
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