Jurgen Klopp to miss Chelsea clash

LONDON: Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp will miss his team's Premier League meeting with Chelsea on Sunday after returning a suspected positive COVID-19 test result on Saturday. The club issued a statement on Saturday saying that the 54-year-old manager was reporting mild symptoms and "is now isolating".

"The Reds manager, who reported mild symptoms ahead of the fixture, is now isolating. Assistant manager Pepijn Lijnders will therefore lead the team for the kick-off at Stamford Bridge. Testing of the entire first-team set-up has revealed no further positive cases within the playing squad in addition to the three confirmed by Klopp on Friday," said the statement.

"Three backroom staff members have returned suspected positive results, however."

Klopp had on Friday confirmed three new positive COVID-19 cases in his squad but added that the "number is not big enough" to impact their visit to Chelsea. IANS

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