Covid-hit Foxes’ visit to Everton KO’d again

LEICESTER’S clash with Everton has been postponed for the second time in a month after Brendan Rodgers’ team were left with only eight outfield players. The FA Cup holders began their defence of the trophy with a comfortable win over Watford despite having 17 members of their firstteam squad unavailable, with none expected back for the trip to Goodison scheduled for tomorrow. The match has already been rearranged once after a Covid outbreak in the Leicester squad meant they did not travel to Merseyside for the original December 19 date. Leicester said they had ‘an insufficient number of first-team players available to fulfil the match due to Covid-19 cases, injuries and players on international duty at the Africa Cup of Nations’. After watching his side knock out Watford, Rodgers said: ‘We’ve been stretched in terms of numbers and for the integrity of the league we will assess where we’re at.’