Overview

• Emre Tezgel converted an 11th-minute penalty and Dion Rankine scored before the break to seal Crewe’s win.
• Liverpool controlled close to 70% possession but lacked a cutting edge with strikers Jayden Danns and Will Wright injured.
• Calvin Ramsay captained the side, with his short back-pass preceding the incident that led to the penalty award.
• Seventeen-year-olds Josh Sonni-Lambie and Joe Bradshaw debuted, while Trent Kone-Doherty posed the main threat and hit the post.
• To advance, Liverpool must win at Chesterfield, need Burton to lose to Crewe, and overcome a significant goal-difference gap that is reported as unlikely.