(ANSA) – ROME, JANUARY 05 – Pepijn Lijnders, Jürgen Klopp’s deputy, also has Covid and Liverpool reiterated the request to postpone the League Cup semi-final against Arsenal, scheduled for tomorrow at the Emirates Stadium. The club “can confirm that Pepijn Lijnders tested positive for Covid-19” on Tuesday evening, the club said in a statement. Lijnders was to attend the pre-match press conference today, which was canceled. The Dutch manager had already had to replace Klopp on the bench in Sunday’s match against Chelsea (2-2), after the German had also tested positive this week.
“In the absence of any prospect of an improvement in the situation by Thursday and with the possibility that it will deteriorate further, the club has considered it prudent and reasonable to request a rescheduling of this event,” the Reds said on their website yesterday. “The response to this request is still pending,” the club added today. The request is handled by the English Football League (EFL), organizer of the competition, and not by the Premier League, which has already postponed many league games due to the pandemic. (HANDLE).
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