Arsenal trio test positive for COVID-19 before League Cup tie

  • 12/21/2021
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Dec 21 (Reuters) - Arsenal defenders Pablo Mari, Calum Chambers and midfielder Albert Sambi Lokonga were ruled out for Tuesday"s League Cup quarter-final at home to Sunderland after testing positive for COVID-19, the Premier League club said before kickoff. Midfielder Ainsley Maitland-Niles was absent due to illness not related to COVID-19, the club added. The Premier League said on Monday that a record 90 new cases of COVID-19 were detected among players and staff in the past week, as clubs decided to press ahead with the busy festive fixture list despite the escalating crisis.

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