Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is currently in isolation after testing positive for COVID-19.
Highlight
- Team training at Liverpool was canceled on Tuesday after more COVID cases between players and staff
- The EFL said it would make a decision “after a full review of the circumstances”.
- 18 EPL games have been postponed recently while other major leagues are on winter break
Fearing suspected COVID-19 cases at the club, Liverpool urged the English Football League to postpone Thursday’s English League Cup (known as the Carabao Cup for sponsorship reasons) semi-final match against Arsenal Is.
Liverpool’s first-team training was canceled on Tuesday after more positive tests were reported among players and staff.
Liverpool said other factors affecting selection, such as injury and players such as Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah having left for the African Cup of Nations, were affecting player availability for the first leg match at Emirates Stadium. Huh.
“The current situation with no prospects of improvement before Thursday’s fixture and with the potential for worsening, the club considers both prudent and appropriate to ask for it to be rescheduled,” Liverpool said on Tuesday.
The English Football League said it would make a decision “as soon as possible after a full review of the circumstances”.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is among those currently in isolation after contracting the virus.
England has seen the most disruption due to coronavirus. Eighteen Premier League games have been postponed in recent weeks, while other major European leagues are on a planned winter break, just as the Omicron version was sending the number of cases on the continent rising.
(reported by AP)
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