Liverpool COVID outbreak was ‘a lot of false positives, says Jurgen Kloop

Jurgen Klopp says a COVID outbreak that led to the postponement of Liverpool’s Carabao Cup semi-final first leg at Arsenal had “a lot of false positives”.

The Reds said a “severe outbreak” at the club meant they could not field a team against the Gunners.

However, Klopp says defender Trent Alexander-Arnold is the only player to actually test positive.

Anyone with a false positive result was still unavailable for Sunday’s FA Cup third-round tie against Shrewsbury.

Klopp named four teenagers in his starting line-up with one of those - Kaide Gordon - scoring the equaliser as the Merseyside club came from behind to win 4-1.

“This was the team we could line up with today and the boys did really well,” said the Reds boss.

“We had last week a proper outbreak and it showed up that we had a lot of false positives but the rules are like they are so all these players who are false positives couldn’t play.

“The only real positive came from Trent Alexander-Arnold and all the

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- although the German was able to return to the bench against Shrewsbury.

Their Carabao Cup semi-final first leg will now be at Anfield on Thursday and the second at Emirates Stadium on January 20, both at 19:45

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The Reds said a “severe outbreak” at the club meant they could not field a team against the Gunners.