Liverpool faced flight chaos on their way back from a Carabao Cup clash at Spurs, with a plane diversion forcing a training session to be cancelled.

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Reds flew in and out of LondonHad to land in Birmingham on way homeCoach & cars scrambled for playersFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?

The Reds were in north London for semi-final, first-leg action on Wednesday. They had flown into the capital, with the intention being to take the same journey home. Bad weather was, however, to impact those plans.

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According to , freezing fog prevented the aircraft carrying Liverpool’s squad back to the North West from reaching John Lennon Airport. Instead, they were forced to land in Birmingham. A coach and cars were then scrambled to get players up to Merseyside.

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Arne Slot’s squad did not arrive in Liverpool until the early hours of Thursday morning, meaning that a training session scheduled for a few hours later had to be postponed. Said events will have done little to lift the mood in the Reds camp.

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Liverpool suffered a rare defeat at Tottenham, as they went down 1-0 on the night. They were left aggrieved at seeing Lucas Bergvall escape a second yellow card for a late challenge in the second half of that game, allowing him to go on and score the winner.