Aston Villa made IMPOSSIBLE request to move Liverpool fixture at last minute.
But their request to the Premier League was logistically impossible – unless they either pulled out of the FA Cup as Man United did in 1999/00 or intended to play Liverpool during an international break.
Both Liverpool and Villa only play one league fixture next month – the former at home to Southampton and the latter away to Brentford, both on March 8 – but there are no free slots due to Villa’s progress in the FA Cup.