Everton and Man City game postponed by Corona

In turn, City said: “Based on strict medical advice, the Premier League decided, and after consulting the two clubs, to postpone the match.”

City are sixth with 26 points, 6 points behind defending champion Liverpool and leading after 15 stages, while Everton are three points behind the Reds in second place.

Spanish coach Josep Guardiola’s team revealed four positive cases on Christmas Day, involving defender Kyle Walker, Brazilian winger Gabriel Jesus and two team workers.

“After the last round of Covid-19 tests, the club found many positive cases, in addition to the four that appeared on Christmas Day,” he added.

He considered that “with the safety of the bubble in jeopardy, there was a risk that the virus would spread further among team members, crew and possibly beyond.”

As a result, the team’s training center will be closed for an “indefinite period,” and players and club staff will be subjected to further testing before reopening.

City is scheduled to visit Chelsea next Sunday in the seventeenth stage.

It is the second time that a Premier League match has been postponed this season due to ‘Covid-19’, after facing Aston Villa and Newcastle earlier this month due to injuries in the latter’s ranks.

“The health of players and employees is a priority.”

The Premier League said in a statement that the decision to postpone City’s meeting with host Everton was taken as a “precaution”, expressing confidence that current sanitary protocols to prevent the spread of the virus are bearing fruit despite the sharp increase in the number of positive cases in England.

“Manchester City today submitted a request to the Premier League to reschedule the match due to high positive cases of the Covid-19 virus in the results obtained by the club this morning, in addition to the cases that were recorded on Christmas Day,” added.

The league acknowledged that “this increase created uncertainty and the League’s Board of Directors obtained a medical recommendation to postpone the game. The council agreed to postpone the game as a precaution, and more tests will be conducted tomorrow. The decision was made with priority to health. of players and staff. “

“The Premier League continues to have complete confidence in its protocols and rules, and in the way all clubs are applied,” he added.

Aware of the danger of this virus, Guardiola stressed after Sunday’s 2-0 win over Newcastle that the health of his players remains the priority.
“What we want is that the state of health of Gabriel and Kyle does not deteriorate, that there are no symptoms and that these eight to ten days of difficult symptoms pass over them,” said the Spanish.

“Covid is here. Not only here in Manchester City, but all over the world and it is attacking fiercely, so you have to be careful. What we want in the next few days is for the two players to not suffer symptoms and recover.”