Reds made to wait as EPL suspension extended

THE PREMIER LEAGUE have voted to extend the season for as long as it takes to make sure it is completed.

The Premier League held crisis talks with its members in London yesterday via a teleconference to discuss a plan moving forward following the coronavirus pandemic.

It has been decided to continue with the current campaign, although a date for the resumption of all games has still not been decided.

Football had been suspended until April 4 at the earliest, but this has now been extended until April 30. It means there will be no matches for the next six weeks at best.

It also means the season could well go on into the summer months, with Liverpool still getting the chance to win the Premier League for the first time in 30 years.

A joint statement from the professional football bodies in England, including the Premier League, EFL and FA, PFA and LMA, said: “The FA, Premier League, EFL and women’s professional game, together with the PFA and LMA, understand we are in unprecedented times and our thoughts are with everyone affected by Covid-19.

“We are united in our commitment to finding ways of resuming the 2019/20 football season and ensuring all domestic and European club league and cup matches are played as soon as it is safe and possible to do so.

“We have collectively supported UEFA in postponing EURO 2020 to create space in the calendar to ensure domestic and European club league and cup matches have an increased opportunity to be played and, in doing so, maintain the integrity of each competition.

“The FA’s Rules and Regulations state that ‘the season shall terminate not later than June 1 and ‘each competition shall, within the limits laid down by The FA, determine the length of its own playing season’.

“However, the FA’s Board has agreed for this limit to be extended indefinitely for the 2019/20 season in relation to Professional Football.

“Additionally, we have collectively agreed that the professional game in England will be further postponed until no earlier than April.

“The progress of Covid-19 remains unclear and we can reassure everyone the health and welfare of players, staff and supporters are our priority.” –

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“See how our pitches are prepared each day by our ground staff... these things make us consistent.

“Each department is searching for and has the ambition and passion.

“I believe that only comes first from your leader and second, that it’s trust and everybody wants to give one per cent more, so the team is better prepared for the next game.

“I think we made big, big steps in this. A big compliment for each department.”

Earlier this month Liverpool set a new top-flight record of 22 successive home victories, extending their unbeaten League record at Anfield to 55 matches.

It is no coincidence the club’s upturn in worked how long together? Four and a half or five years. He changes perception in five minutes,” added Lijnders.

“We really feel that we are a team. We prepare together, we plan together, we act together, we coach together.

“I’m responsible for the training process, Peter (Krawietz) is really responsible for the analysis of the opposition and analysis of our team.

“All the ideas Jurgen has and the way he wants to set up and be competitive in each game, we just try to support him in the best way possible.

“Three brains can do much more than one brain, if the three brains think in a common way and have the same messages and same passion and same dedication.

“That’s the secret if you are working with a team, that everybody wants0 the same and understands the way we want to play and the way we want to develop on the training pitch.” – The Independent