Apologies - I have not read all 30 pages and I am sure someone has already said this, but if not, here goes: why not just play 11 kids tonight?
Then their 'guard of honour' becomes a joke.... I know its behind closed doors, but it is on TV.
It gives the young lads some experience of 1st team action WHILST giving the main guys a break - they have played many matches in the last two weeks anyway and there are much more important ones to come.
The Premier League might be a bit miffed, but it is not as if it is effecting relegation or Champs League positions or anything - if they fine us, so what (have they supported us with the UEFA thing???? - threatened to pull all English teams out of the big cup for example? I don't think so).
I don't care if Liverpool break our points record or any other record for that matter because one record that will never be beaten is this - number of jammy VAR decisions in one season (Liverpool 2019-20), I rest my case.