Liverpool's flight chaos! Arne Slot's side hit by shock plane diversion on way home from Tottenham – with training CANCELLED amid surprise blip in form

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 London
• Had to land in Birmingham on way home
• Coach & cars scrambled for players

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  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.