EFL will not investigate Liverpool over Arsenal match after false positive allegations

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The Premier League has no plans to investigate the circumstances of the recent outbreak of Covid in Liverpool which led to the postponement of the Carabao Cup semi-final against Arsenal, although Jurgen Klopp said they had “a lot of false positives”.

According to a report in The Athletic, some Premier League clubs have complained about the decision and want an investigation into when Liverpool will find out the information, and whether the first leg match at the Emirates Stadium, scheduled for January 6, may go ahead.

Clubs reportedly feel aggrieved that UEFA rejected their requests for a postponement due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 disease.

After winning the FA Cup against Shrewsbury on Sunday, Klopp said: “Last week we had a proper outbreak and it turned out that we had a lot of false positives but the rules are the same so all those players who were false positives just couldn’t play. The positive result came in. The only true Trent Alexander-Arnold and all the rest were false positives.”

But the Premier League is convinced that Liverpool had legitimate reasons for delaying the time of appeal and has provided all necessary evidence, so it will resist any calls to examine the circumstances of the outbreak.

Liverpool have been testing players and staff concurrently with LFD and pre-match PCR tests, and a “rapidly increasing number of Covid cases” have prompted them to request a postponement.

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The Premier League said at the time: “After fully reviewing the circumstances involved, the League accepted Liverpool’s request having decided, albeit reluctantly, that a postponement was the only option as the club looks to mitigate the risk of additional injury among its squad and staff along with ensuring the protection of Public health by not traveling from Liverpool to London.”

However, Klopp revealed that in a later round of testing, affected player Trent Alexander-Arnold came back with a positive result.

According to an analysis by NHS Test and Trace, LFD tests have an estimated specificity of at least 99.97 per cent, which means that for every 10,000 tests taken, there are likely to be fewer than three false positives.

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