Members of Arsenal, players and staff combined, were placed in quarantine. - Ian KINGTON / IKIMAGES / AFP

A great first in England, where football and its public had been spared by measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Manchester City football club on Wednesday announced the postponement of the championship game against Arsenal scheduled for the evening. In question, a possible contamination in the Gunners after the Europa League match against Olympiacos, whose president Evangelos Marinakis was declared positive for the virus.

"The decision to postpone the match tonight was taken as a precaution and on the advice of doctors, after it was revealed that Arsenal staff members were in contact with the shareholder of Olympiacos, Evangelos Marinakis, declared positive for Covid-19, "said the English champion in a statement.

The Premier League have postponed our match with Manchester City on Wednesday night as a precautionary measure.https: //t.co/qTX1QiXjZv

- Arsenal (@Arsenal) March 11, 2020

Arsenal said in a statement that "a number of players", unspecified, were placed in quarantine at their home for 14 days, as well as "four members of management." The postponement is due to the unavailability of these players, which handicapped a team struggling to get out of the middle of the table (9th to five points from the fifth, Manchester United).

Everyone must be out of quarantine on Friday to prepare for the next meeting in Brighton the next day. And the risk that they have fallen ill is "extremely low," the London club said in a statement.

Instructions followed to the letter

"However, we are following government guidelines to the letter which recommend that anyone who comes into contact with someone infected with coronavirus should be isolated at home for 14 days," he added.

Arsenal was eliminated from the Europa League by Olympiakos in late February. After which, Evangelos Marinakis, owner of Olympiacos and of the English club of Nottingham Forest, announced Tuesday to have been contaminated by the coronavirus. No details have been given on when this Premier League shock could play out.

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