With the contagion crisis that England football is experiencing, the Premier Leagu and announced the suspension of the commitment between the Burnley and Everton by coronavirus and also by the number of injuries in both teams .
The team led by the Spanish Rafa Benítez had requested the suspension of the commitment due to the number of players infected by COVID – 19, however, in the first instance the Premier League rejected the order considering it not necessary.
Due to insistence of the Liverpool city team, the Premier decided to review the request and when verifying that there were more casualties in the squad, he agreed to suspend the commitment as there were only nine outfield players and three goalkeepers for the commitment against Burnley.
Last Monday the Premier League teams decided with Continue with the plan to maintain the December days, although one of the agreements was to maintain 13 outfield players at least, in addition, Burnley himself has been one of the teams most affected by the pandemic this season.
With the suspension of Burnley vs Everton on the ‘Boxing Day’, it adds to the commitments between Liverpool vs Leeds United and Wolverhampton vs Watford , which have had to be suspended due to positive cases of COVID- 19.