Back to the Arsenal Newsfeed

BREAKING NEWS: Liverpool plunged into more Covid chaos as Jurgen Klopp's No 2 Pep Lijnders tests positive and their press conference is CANCELLED after asking the EFL to postpone Carabao Cup trip to Arsenal

Liverpool's plans for the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final against Arsenal are in further disarray after Pep Lijnders tested positive for Covid-19.

Lijnders, who would have been in charge for the game at the Emirates Stadium given that Jurgen Klopp is isolating, discovered the result of his latest test late on Tuesday night.

The Dutchman was due to give a press conference at lunchtime on Wednesday but that has now been cancelled, with nobody else being put forward to speak ahead of the game at the Emirates Stadium.