Klopp's assistant Pep Lijnders will take charge for the fixture at Stamford Bridge as 1/3 placed Liverpool try and keep pace with leaders Manchester City. As nicely as Klopp's check end result, three other contributors of his backroom personnel have tested high-quality, but Liverpool are not anticipated to invite for the match to be postponed at this degree.
"Jurgen Klopp will leave out Liverpool's Premier League meeting with Chelsea on Sunday after returning a suspected superb COVID-19 test result," Liverpool said in a declaration on Saturday. "The Reds manager, who pronounced moderate signs and symptoms in advance of the fixture, is now setting apart. Assistant supervisor Pep Lijnders will therefore lead the crew for the four.30pm GMT kick-off at Stamford Bridge."
No further Liverpool gamers have tested positive beyond the unnamed 3 previously showed by way of Klopp on Friday. Despite distancing himself from suggestions the game could be in risk, Klopp this week defined each new day as a "lottery" as he waited to discover if any of his squad had examined wonderful.
"Testing of the complete first-crew set-up has revealed no similarly positive instances in the gambling squad in addition to the three showed by Klopp on Friday," the assertion delivered. "Three backroom personnel contributors have lower back suspected high-quality consequences, but."
Liverpool are one point at the back of Chelsea with a game in hand after dropping their ultimate league suit at Leicester on Tuesday.
