For many football fans, these are the best Christmas presents: Premier League matches on the 2nd holiday …
But the corona virus is again providing a little more economical gift giving on “Boxing Day” this year. The scheduled game between Burnley and Everton was canceled on Christmas Eve. The Liverpool club would not have got enough professionals together.
The day before, the duels of the 19th matchday between Liverpool FC and Leeds United and Wolverhampton Wanderers against Watford were canceled – due to Corona.
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With the exception of the three canceled games, the games are to be kicked off – despite the more than 100,000 corona cases per day on the island. There are then no restrictions in the stadiums. Anyone who has been vaccinated, recovered or tested is allowed in. And watch football on the pitch without a mask …
These games are available on the 2nd holiday – for German fans on TV on Sky:
Manchester City – Leicester City (every December 26th from 4 p.m.)
Norwich City – FC Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur – Crystal Palace
West Ham United – FC Southampton
Aston Villa – FC Chelsea (26.12., ab 18.30 Uhr)
Brighton & Hove Albion v Brentford FC (26/12 from 9:00 p.m.)
Coach Ralf Rangnick (63) will then follow up with Manchester United on Monday. The ex-champions have to play at Newcastle United on December 27th. After a corona outbreak in the team and the temporary closure of the training area, Rangnick now has almost his entire team available again.
Jürgen Klopp (54), on the other hand, has surprisingly completely free over the holidays. For the German Liverpool coach that means: family instead of football.
After the quarter-final victory in the Cup against Leicester (5: 4 iE), Klopp complained about the Christmas games during the corona pandemic: “Every team has had to deal with Covid. We cannot put our hands in front of our eyes and pretend the situation is normal. It isn’t. And on that basis I beg those in power to change something. “
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