Five players from Manchester City remain isolated and will not be available for the game against Chelsea after contracting the corona virus, coach Pep Guardiola reported on Friday.
For their trip to Stamford Bridge on Sunday, City returned to training after the virus outbreak delayed Monday’s game against Everton in the Premier League.
The club has only identified Brazilian forward Gabriel Jesus and defender Kyle Walker among the players who tested positive for COVID-19.
For his part, Chelsea manager Frank Lampard said on Friday that there have been “a few” cases of coronavirus among team staff, but no player has been infected.
The Premier League has indicated that it does not intend to suspend the tournament, despite the increase in the number of infections at national level due to a variant of higher transmission of COVID-19.
Portuguese José Mourinho, Tottenham’s helmsman, looked angry at the competition by criticizing the decision to postpone the game against Fulham about three hours before the scheduled start on Wednesday at 6 p.m. after a recorded coronavirus outbreak. in the ranks of its London rival.
“It seemed unprofessional to me, but it was true,” Mourinho said Friday. “We are preparing for that game and of course not playing it and that disrupts a whole week of work.”
Tottenham will host from Leeds on Saturday.