Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has labeled the scheduling his side faces in late November as 'disgraceful'.
The Reds take on Manchester City at Anfield on Sunday November 27 at 4:00pm before traveling to London to meet Chelsea in the Carling Cup quarter-final on Tuesday the 29th.
Although Dalglish is aware that there is a conflicting Europa League fixture in London on the Wednesday, he still feels it farcical that his side has to play twice in 24 hours.
"It is disgraceful in this day and age that players are being asked to play a key Premier League game and then a League Cup quarter-final in London just 48 hours later," he told liverpoolfc.tv.
"It's understandable with the Spurs v PAOK Salonika (Europa League) match and the TUC rally that the Met Police have said that our game cannot be played on the Wednesday.
"But it's surely the duty of the football authorities to think of other solutions which consider the welfare of the players and this clearly hasn't happened.
"When we ask the Football League to move our game to a later date, we're told it's impossible. Where's the logic in that?
"If the Football League want to devalue their own competition, that's up to them, but they shouldn't then be upset if people use these games to help in the development of young players.
"The one thing I will say to our fans is to think carefully before buying tickets for the League Cup game."
