The Premier League match in opposition to Leicester has been postponed because of a scarcity of gamers at Burnley because of coronavirus instances and accidents.
The league accepted Burnley’s case that it didn’t have sufficient squad members. 13 outfield gamers and a goalkeeper? For Saturday’s match.
This is the twentieth Premier League sport postponed from 12 December as a result of isolation of the gamers. Relegation-threatened Burnley are already three video games in need of last-place Norwich, one level behind last-placed.
The COVID-19 outbreak continues to have an effect on different groups, with Chelsea defender Andreas Christensen dominated out of Saturday’s sport at Manchester City whereas in isolation.
There are additionally new virus instances within the metropolis, though supervisor Pep Guardiola wouldn’t establish what number of or who on Friday.
“We have some new cases but they want privacy, so I can’t tell you,” Guardiola instructed a information convention.
Guardiola and 7 senior gamers, together with 21 individuals, have been the league leaders of their 4-1 win over Swindon in final Friday’s FA Cup third-round match. Some of them have examined detrimental since then.
“Some people are coming in, some people are positive again,” Guardiola mentioned.
“When you examined as soon as, detrimental twice you got here again. Otherwise you keep at residence.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
