Liverpool Star Sadio Mane Tests Positive For COVID-19
Sadio Mane is the second Liverpool player to test positive for coronavirus after Thiago Alcantara.
- Agence France-Presse
- Updated: October 03, 2020 08:52 AM IST
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Sadio Mane tests positive for coronavirus
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Mane is the 2nd Liverpool player to test COVID-19 positive after Thiago
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Mane started and scored in Monday's 3-1 victory over Arsenal
Liverpool's in-form Senegalese forward Sadio Mane has tested positive for COVID-19 and is self-isolating, the club said Friday. "Sadio Mane has tested positive for Covid-19 and is currently self-isolating according to the necessary guidelines," Liverpool said in a statement. "The forward, who started and scored in Monday's 3-1 victory over Arsenal, has displayed minor symptoms of the virus but feels in good health overall," the club added. "However, like with Thiago Alcantara, Liverpool Football Club are - and will continue to - follow all protocols relating to Covid-19 and Mane will self-isolate for the required period of time."
Thiago missed the Arsenal game after his own positive test and he and Mane will both be absent for Sunday's Premier League trip to Aston Villa.
Manager Jurgen Klopp will hope to have both players available when the Reds return to action after the international break in October 17's Merseyside derby at Everton.
Mane, 28, has been in fine form this season, scoring both goals in Liverpool's win over Chelsea before also netting against the Gunners.
His enforced isolation will also affect his international commitments after Mane was named in Senegal's squad for their upcoming friendlies against Morocco and Mauritania.