LIVERPOOL have averted an EFL investigation after their raft of false optimistic Covid take a look at outcomes.
Reds boss Jurgen Klopp revealed on Sunday that of final week’s optimistic instances, all however one have been false readings.
Final Thursday’s Carabao Cup semi-final first leg in opposition to Arsenal was postponed after the Merseysiders reported a 'quickly rising quantity' of coronavirus instances.
However some golf equipment have been left bemused by the state of affairs and complained to the EFL, asking for readability on when Liverpool realised the gamers didn't even have the virus.
But regardless of League bosses coming beneath strain to open a probe, the Night Normal has reported the EFL haven't any plans to research Liverpool.
An announcement from the EFL on the time of the postponement learn: “Having now absolutely reviewed the circumstances concerned, the league has accepted Liverpool’s request after figuring out, albeit reluctantly, that a postponement was the one choice because the membership seems to mitigate in opposition to the additional danger of an infection amongst its squad and employees alongside making certain public well being was protected by not travelling from Liverpool to London.”
Subsequently, The Athletic understands Trent Alexander-Arnold is the one Liverpool participant to have truly had the virus - the remainder have been false positives.
Klopp mentioned: “We had final week a correct outbreak and it confirmed up that we had a whole lot of false positives.
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"However the guidelines are like they're so all these gamers who're false positives couldn’t play.
“The one actual optimistic got here from Trent Alexander-Arnold and all the remainder have been false positives.”
The Reds carried out a spherical of each lateral movement exams and PCR exams - each of which returned a variety of optimistic instances.
However a 3rd spherical of testing then noticed most of these gamers take a look at destructive.
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False positives utilizing lateral movement exams are extraordinarily uncommon because the NHS estimates they've a 99.97 per cent specificity.
The order of the semi-final legs has now been switched round so Liverpool will host Arsenal at Anfield on Thursday earlier than the return leg on the Emirates on January 20.
Liverpool want to win the League Cup for the primary time since 2012, whereas Arsenal haven't lifted the trophy since 1993.
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