LONDON -- Liverpool needed some calm amid the chaos. The Premier League's battle to continue amid rising COVID-19 cases across Britain gives every game that goes ahead a heightened sense of unpredictability, and Sunday's 2-2 draw at Tottenham Hotspur was perhaps the most anarchic example yet.
Usually, it is Virgil van Dijk and Fabinho who inject the requisite composure into Liverpool's play on occasions such as this. Along with Thiago Alcantara and Curtis Jones, the pair tested positive for COVID in recent days, leading Jurgen Klopp to claim before kickoff that while he was "happy" to play on Sunday, the club will be unable to fulfil fixtures next week if the situation worsens further.