Everton Football Club regret the postponement of tonight s match against Manchester City - not only for the 2,000 fans who would have been attending, but for supporters on Merseyside and across the world, a club statement read. Image: Manchester City announced on Christmas Day that Gabriel Jesus (pictured) and Kyle Walker had tested positive, along with two staff members Our players were prepared for the game, as were both the team staff and everyone at Goodison. Matchday is the most important date in our calendar. And this was a big one. Whilst Everton will always have public safety uppermost, we will be requesting full disclosure of all the information that Manchester City provided to the Premier League, so the club can be clear on why this decision was taken.
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Manchester City s Premier League fixture with Everton has been postponed due to more positive COVID-19 cases at the club.
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Updated / Monday, 28 Dec 2020
21:07
Goodison Park was set to host the fixture
An outbreak of further positive Covid-19 cases at Manchester City has forced their Premier League trip to Everton to be postponed just four hours before kick-off.
City lodged a request to postpone the match on Monday morning with confirmation coming around 4pm after a hastily-arranged Premier League board meeting. With the security of the bubble compromised, there posed a risk that the virus could spread further amongst the squad, the staff and potentially beyond, said a statement from City. Based on strong medical advice the Premier League, in consultation with both clubs, has decided to postpone the fixture.
28 Dec 2020 - 19:31
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Reuters
LONDON - Everton s Premier League match at home to Manchester City on Monday has been called off due to new COVID-19 cases reported at City, the league said in a statement.
City returned a number of positive cases for COVID-19 after confirming four positives last week, including striker Gabriel Jesus and defender Kyle Walker.
The Premier League board agreed to rearrange the game as a precaution after City lodged a request following the latest round of testing. The decision has been taken with the health of players and staff the priority the league said https://www.premierleague.com/news/1957344.
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