Liverpool’s request to postpone the primary leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final in opposition to Arsenal has been granted by the EFL after a Covid-19 outbreak amongst gamers and workers left them unable to fulfil Thursday’s fixture.
The primary leg of the semi-final will happen at Anfield on Thursday 13 January, with the return leg now scheduled to be held on the Emirates per week in a while 20 January.
Liverpool had requested for the match to be postponed on Tuesday night, with assistant supervisor Pep Lijnders the newest to report a suspected optimistic Covid-19 check on Wednesday. The membership have additionally shut down their coaching floor for no less than the subsequent 48 hours.
A press release from the EFL stated they’d “reluctantly” accepted Liverpool’s request after figuring out {that a} postponement was the one choice to mitigate in opposition to the additional unfold of Covid-19 of their squad.
Liverpool supervisor Jurgen Klopp is isolating after he examined optimistic forward of his facet’s journey to Chelsea on Sunday, whereas Alisson, Roberto Firmino and Joel Matip had been additionally dominated out of the fixture resulting from optimistic assessments. Three different members of workers additionally examined optimistic, and there have been extra circumstances recorded amongst the first-team squad on Tuesday.
Different accidents and sicknesses within the squad, mixed with the absence of Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Naby Keita following their departure to the Africa Cup of Nations, left Liverpool struggling to drag a crew collectively forward for Thursday’s match.
“Liverpool wish to place on report its due to the EFL and Arsenal for his or her understanding, in addition to supporters of each golf equipment, as we proceed to navigate by this difficult interval,” the membership stated in a press release.
Liverpool’s subsequent match is in opposition to Shrewsbury within the third spherical of the FA Cup on Sunday.
Arsenal added: “We’re disillusioned to substantiate that our Carabao Cup semi-final first leg in opposition to Liverpool on Thursday 6 January has been postponed resulting from a Covid-19 outbreak within the Liverpool squad and workers.”
The opposite semi-final between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur stays on, with the primary leg happening at Stamford Bridge this night and the return leg on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium per week later.
The result of that semi-final will probably be decided earlier than the primary leg of Liverpool and Arsenal’s tie kicks off subsequent week, with the winners set to face within the closing at Wembley on 27 February.
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