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The game was scheduled for tonight (Monday 28) at 9:00 p.m. The match has been postponed due to the increase in Covid-19 cases in Manchester City. On December 25, Walker, Gabriel Jesus, and two staff members tested positive. The announcement of the Premier: “Priority to the health of the players and staff.” Everton: “Health first, but we will ask for full disclosure of all information that the city has provided to the Premier”
PREMIER, THE CALENDAR OF DAY 16
Everton-Manchester City will not be played. Or rather, not on Monday, December 28, as planned in the calendar. In fact, the Premier League has announced that the match was postponed due to rising coronavirus cases in Manchester City. Walker and Gabriel Jesus tested positive a few days ago (December 25), along with two staff members. The two had missed the Boxing Day game against Newcastle.
The Premier’s press release
On its official website, the Premier League has announced the postponement of the match “after a meeting of the board of directors. Manchester city – it reads – today submitted a request to the Premier League to reorganize the match following a increase of the positive Covid-19 tests received by the club this morning, in addition to the cases already reported on Christmas Day. This increase created uncertainty and the league’s board received medical advice to postpone the game as a precautionary measure. More tests will take place tomorrow. The decision – continues the Premier in the note – it was taken with the health of the players and staff first. The Premier continues to have full confidence in its protocols, rules and how all clubs are implementing them. The league wants a quick and safe recovery and will reorganize the postponed game against Everton in due course. “
Everton: “Health first, but …”
A few hours after the decision was made, the Everton statement also arrived that -we remember- in the event of a victory in the match that should have been played, he would have even reached Liverpool’s rivals first of the Classification (although with an extra game). “Everton – read the note released by the club – and regrets of the postponement of tonight’s game against Manchester City, not only for the two thousand fans who would have been present in the stadium, but also for those from all over the world. Our players were prepared for the game, as were the staff and everyone at Goodison Park. The day of a match is always the most important date marked on our calendar. And this was going to be an important match. Everton will always put public safety first, but we will request full disclosure of all information that Manchester City has provided to the Premier League, so that the club is clear why this decision was made. “
The City: “Closed training center”
On the opposite front – shortly after the official announcement – the City Council also issued an official statement: “With the security of the bubble compromised there was a risk that the virus would spread further between the team, the staff, and potentially beyond. All positives will observe a period of self-isolation in accordance with the quarantine protocol of the Premier League and the British government. The first team training ground will close indefinitely“.
