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One day before the Premier League duel between Liverpool and Chelsea, the Reds announce a possible positive corona test with coach Jürgen Klopp. That has consequences.
Liverpool coach Jürgen Klopp could be sick with Corona.
On Sunday there is a great duel between Liverpool and Chelsea.
Klopp had been reflecting on the current situation on Friday.
Coach Jürgen Klopp missed the Premier League top game of his Liverpool FC at Chelsea on Sunday due to suspected corona infection. The 54-year-old coach is suspected of having a positive corona test result, Liverpool announced on New Year’s Day.
Klopp is in isolation with mild symptoms. In the top duel of the English Premier League of Third Liverpool at Second Chelsea with coach Thomas Tuchel this Sunday (5.30 p.m.) Klopp is missing according to the club.
“Feels like a lottery”
The team will then be looked after by assistant coach Pepijn Lijnders. Klopp announced on Friday that there had been three other suspected corona cases in the Liverpool professional team. There were also new positive tests in the supervisory staff. The club said on Saturday that there were no other positive cases within the team apart from the three players mentioned by Klopp. However, three members of the supervisory staff are suspected of being corona.
“It’s not that cool at the moment,” Klopp said on Friday. Every morning it feels like a lottery waiting for the result. “We haven’t had an outbreak with ten, 15, 20 players so far, but it’s another one every day,” said the coach.
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(dpa / law)