Temat: Piłka Nożna

Andre Onana failed a doping test in October; Ajax will appeal the 12-month suspension at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, claiming the doping offence was committed "unwittingly" when the goalkeeper "mistakenly took his wife's medicine"

The Premier League leaders returned to action against Chelsea on January 3, with six first-team players absent as a result of the outbreak.

Ahead of a meeting between the sides on Sunday, live on Sky Sports, Klopp had expanded on why he believed fatigue was playing a part in Liverpool's indifferent form."We didn't have a break, I think City had a two-week break for Covid reasons," Klopp said.

"It's really tough, it's a tough year, a tough season, I know for some teams it looks like lesser, but for us obviously for the reasons you know, it's tough."

"He [Klopp] made a mistake, it was two months off, or three months… no four months we have off. That's why we're in top four now... Jurgen has to see the calendar again," Guardiola said.

"We had covid, we had one week and we played with 14 players at Stamford Bridge."

Guardiola was surprised to hear Klopp had made such a comment and said he would discuss the subject with his German counterpart when they meet at the weekend.

"I'm surprised, I thought Jurgen was not that type of manager, like other ones who usually do it, so I didn't expect that comment," the City boss added.

"Maybe it was a misunderstanding. If he sees the calendar again, he will realise… it was not two weeks."