Gary Neville had criticised Chelsea during the Carabao Cup final for failing to beat a young Liverpool side.

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• Neville's criticism of Chelsea proved wrong
• Chelsea's average squad age was lesser than Liverpool's
• Liverpool beat Chelsea to win Carabao Cup

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  WHAT HAPPENED?

  The Manchester United legend was extremely critical of Mauricio Pochettino's side, who despite being at full strength, could not beat a young Liverpool side. While the Carabao Cup final was on, Neville, on , had said, "It’s Klopp’s kids against the billion-pound bottle jobs."

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• THE BIGGER PICTURE

  But according to Football Joe, the average age of the Chelsea lineup in the final was 23.9 years while Liverpool's average age was 25.8. By the end of the match, the Blues' average age changed to 22.6 years while the Reds aged 24.1.

• DID YOU KNOW?

  Jurgen Klopp did indeed field several youngsters in the absence of key players like Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez and Trent Alexander-Arnold but they also had experienced and seasoned campaigners like Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate, Wataru Endo and Luis Diaz in their team.

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• WHAT NEXT FOR LIVERPOOL?

  Klopp's men will next face Southampton in the FA Cup on Wednesday before they return to Premier League action against Nottingham Forest on Saturday.

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