Five Manchester City players remain isolated and will no longer be available for the Chelsea game after contracting the coronavirus, coach Pep Guardiola informed on Friday.
Before their trip to Stamford Bridge on Sunday, City returned to training after the virus outbreak caused Monday’s postponement of the game with Everton in the Premier League.
The club identified only Brazilian striker 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 were “several” cases of coronavirus among the team’s staff, but no players were infected.
The Premier League has indicated that it does not intend to suspend the tournament despite the rise in national infections caused by a higher transmission variant of COVID-19.
The Portuguese José Mourinho, the helmsman of Tottenham, was angry with the league criticizing the decision to postpone the game against Fulham about three hours before the scheduled start, on Wednesday, at 18:00, after a recorded coronavirus outbreak. among his London rival.
“It seemed unprofessional to me, but it did,” Mourinho said on Friday. “We are preparing for that match and, of course, we are not playing it and that disrupts a whole week of work.”
Tottenham host Leeds on Saturday.