Arsenal said, before kick-off against Sunderland in the League Cup on Tuesday, that defenders Pablo Mari and Callum Chambers and midfielder Albert Sambi Lukunga have been excluded from the quarter-final match after they contracted Covid-19.
The club added that midfielder Ainsley Maitland-Niels missed the match due to an illness unrelated to Covid-19.
And the English Premier League announced on Monday the discovery of 90 new cases of Corona virus among players and support services last week, as clubs decided to continue the championship during the festive period of matches despite the escalating crisis.
