Louie Barry: 17-year-old lights up English football with goal -- and smile -- in debut

Footballers don't usually smile after losing a game 4-1, but all is forgiven in the case of teenager Louie Barry.

The 17-year-old was part of a youthful Aston Villa team -- with an average age of 18 years -- that was beaten by Liverpool in the English FA Cup third round on Friday. The FA Cup, which was founded in 1871, is the oldest domestic association cup competition. Against a strong Liverpool team that included the likes Mo Salah and Sadio Mane, Villa was forced to field a team of youngsters after the club suffered a Covid-19 outbreak earlier the week. The 11 players that started the game for Villa were all making their first-team debuts.