The first leg of the semifinal of League Cup between Arsenal and Liverpool, which had to be disputed this Thursday, has been postponed due to the high number of cases of the team of Jürgen Klopp.
The ‘red’ team had to close its training center this Wednesday after Klopp’s assistant Pep Lijnders became the last positive case in the Anfield team.
Liverpool asked for the game to be postponed this Tuesday and the EFL (English Football League) it has been granted after analyzing the “high number of infections” and for the benefit of public health to mitigate the impact of the outbreak on the trip between Liverpool and London.
The EFL has postponed the first leg, which will be played at Anfield, to January 13The second leg will be played at the Emirates Stadium on January 20.
The other semifinal, between the Chelsea and the Tottenham Hotspur, will be played this Wednesday.