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Jurgen Klopp reveals only one Liverpool player had Covid before Arsenal game
Published 15:57 10 Jan 2022 GMT
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'The only real positive came from Trent Alexander-Arnold and all the rest were false positives'
Jürgen Klopp has revealed that Trent Alexander-Arnold was the only Liverpool player who had Covid-19 prior to their Carabao Cup semi-final against Arsenal that was postponed last week. Liverpool's first leg tie against Mikel Arteta's side was cancelled due to a significant number of 'suspected positive Covid-19 cases' within the Reds camp, with manager Klopp and assistant manager Pepijn Lijnders both isolating. However, it has since been revealed that the Merseyside outfit had recorded several 'false positives', which allowed Klopp to field a fairly strong team against Shrewsbury in the FA Cup at the weekend. Speaking on Sunday, the German confirmed that Alexander-Arnold was the only player who had caught the virus, but anyone who'd been falsely diagnosed by their test also wasn't available for the tie.
He said: "This was the team we could line up with today and the boys did really well.
"We had last week a proper outbreak and it showed up that we had a lot of false positives but the rules are like they are so all these players who are false positives couldn't play.
"The only real positive came from Trent Alexander-Arnold and all the rest were false positives."
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While they will of course be without Mohamed Salah, Naby Keita and Sadio Mane - who are all at the Africa Cup of Nations - the Reds should be able to field a strong side to take on the Gunners.
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