Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola and Burnley boss Sean Dyche will miss their clubs’ FA Cup third-round ties after testing positive for Covid-19.
Former Barcelona boss and his assistant Juanma Lillo both tested positive for covid-19 on Tuesday.
The pair were among 21 people at City isolating before the cup tie at Swindon Town on Friday.
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Seven of City’s first-team players are among the group of 21 isolating.
Assistant coach Rodolfo Borrell was put in charge of the Premier League leaders’ trip to the County Ground to face League Two side Swindon.
R. Borrell led his side in a 1-4 victory over the league two side Swindon
town on Friday.
B. Silva with the opener in the 14′ min, followed by G Jesus 28′, I. Gundogan 59′, C. Palmer 82′ whiles H. McKirdy 78′ pulled one for the home side.
Burnley’s boss Sean Dyche will miss Saturday’s home tie against Huddersfield as he isolates.
Neither Burnley nor Manchester City gave any indication that their cup games are at risk of being postponed because of the positive Covid cases.
Burnley will host Huddersfield at 12:30 pm on Saturday, their first meeting in an FA Cup since January 1972.
Meanwhile, Burnley have not suggested that an outbreak has affected the club.
The Clarets had three games postponed in December because of Covid cases at other clubs.
A total of 17 English top-flight games have been postponed since the start of December because of the impact of the Omicron variant.
The Premier League announced on Monday that 14,250 Covid-19 tests were carried out on players and staff between 27 December and 2 January, with 94 positive results.
This was the first week-by-week decrease in positive tests for eight weeks, with a record 103 positives recorded the previous week.
Source: Bbc.com
