Liverpool supervisor Jurgen Klopp stated his membership was in a cloud of uncertainty after Thursday’s 3-1 residence win over Newcastle United as COVID-19 might wreak havoc with the Premier League’s busy Christmas schedule. makes threats.
Virgil van Dijk, Fabinho and Curtis Jones had been all dominated out earlier than kickoff towards Newcastle at Anfield after suspected optimistic checks for COVID-19 left the German questioning what may occur to the remainder of the schedule.
“It’s a really difficult situation, no one knows how we’ll be tomorrow,” Klopp informed the BBC. “We will go to the coaching heart except individuals inform us in any other case. I’ve by no means had three gamers (pull outs) on a match day.
Five video games across the league, scheduled for this weekend, have been postponed as a result of COVID-19 outbreak.
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“If we should stop the league, I don’t have a real answer. If you put it on hold for two weeks and we’re back, I really don’t know what to do… Everton saw the lineup, I don’t know half the players,” Klopp stated.
“We have three gamers due to COVID… then we play on 26 and 28 (December) and you’ve got 13 gamers accessible, it isn’t doable. There are many questions that we’ve got to search out solutions to however I haven’t got an answer.”
Klopp was delighted to attain three factors from Newcastle, revealing he had seen footage of Eddie Howe’s again aspect Bournemouth as he readied his group for the struggling Magpies.
“We used to organize for Bournemouth greater than Newcastle for the evaluation. We received 2-1 final time Eddie Howe was right here with Bournemouth when he scored one other purpose. We anticipated related issues. Yes, they made life troublesome for us,” he stated.
The win put Liverpool second inside some extent of Manchester City, who beat Leeds United 7-0 on Tuesday.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
