Liverpool Interim Coach Tests Positive

LONDON, Jan 5: Liverpool Football Club has submitted an application for the postponement of Thursday's Carabao Cup semi-final first-leg tie with Arsenal due to an escalating number of suspected positive COVID-19 cases and player availability, the club said in a statement on Wednesday.

On Tuesday, Liverpool assistant coach Pep Lijnders, who has been in interim charge of Liverpool while Jurgen Klopp is isolating, also has tested positive for COVID-19 plunging Thursday's Carabao Cup game against Arsenal into further doubt.

The assistant manager had been due to handle the pre-match press conference at the AXA Training Centre in place of Jürgen Klopp, who is continuing to isolate having tested positive for the virus last week.

Liverpool said other factors impacting selection, such as injuries and players like Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah having left for the African Cup of Nations, are affecting player availability for the first-leg match at Emirates Stadium

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