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  • Tonight's premiere league match between Manchester City and Alice not has been canceled after players from the London club came into contact with someone who had coded 19.

  • Nor Bondoc joins us now and Laura who do they come into contact with air and when?

  • More importantly, yeah, they came into contact with the owner of the Greek club.

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  • Owner is a gentleman called Evangelos Marine Akkus and as we found out yesterday, he has tested since positive for the virus.

  • Now the Premier League say that this isn't a decision to call off.

  • Tonight's game is a precautionary measure, but because after this match, which took place on the 27th of February, a number of Arsenal players on staff at the club as well met Mr Maron Akkus.

  • It was decided that following the government guidelines which say that anyone who comes into close contact with someone who's tested positive needs to self isolate for 14 days that they would have to impose that on these players and members of staff.

  • So the players themselves were at home at the moment until that period ends, which will be tomorrow.

  • So there is No Man City Arsenal game tonight.

  • We understand the players will be back in training on Friday ahead of their fixture against Bryson at the weekend.

  • But this is the first top flight football match in the UK to be called off a za result of Corona virus.

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