DBasia.news – The defending Premier League champions, Liverpool, according to news from Kicker, has the advantage of facing the busy schedule of December from Boxing Day to New Years. This year Liverpool would not play on Boxing Day matches.
Liverpool will play at the Crystal Palace headquarters on Week 14 of the Premier League, Saturday (19/12) pm and will compete again in the next eight days, to be precise on Sunday (27/12) against West Bromwich Albion (WBA) at Anfield.
Jurgen Klopp is able to use the eight-day interval to rest players in a season that is ‘unique’ due to the corona virus pandemic. The schedule change occurred because of the corona virus pandemic which has been epidemic in the world for a year.
On Boxing Day or the games after Christmas there will be very few matches played. The schedule was also made according to requests from television broadcasts. Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur are ‘lucky’ not to play on Boxing Day.
The three matches are Leicester City against Manchester United (26/12), Fulham vs Southampton (26/12), and Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace (26/12). In addition, Arsenal vs Chelsea, Manchester City vs Newcastle were played (27/12) with a shorter match time than Liverpool.
In the midst of the busy schedule in the 2020/2021 season, rest periods for player recovery are rare. No doubt Liverpool’s break can be a moment to recover players, especially to recover those who are injured.
Liverpool has been hit by a storm of injuries earlier this season as Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Thiago Alcantara fell. Slowly those who were injured have recovered like Fabinho and Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Jurgen Klopp has complained about the tight schedule, who openly criticized two major television stations, BT Sport and Sky Sports.
“If you don’t start talking to BT, then we’re all done,” said Klopp some time ago.
“BT Sport” and “Sky” share pay TV rights to the Premier League in England and are partly responsible for the days and times the weekend matches are played. “
“Sky and BT have to talk because if we continue playing on Wednesday and then on Saturday at 12.30 pm (1.30pm CET), I’m not sure we’ll end the season with eleven players.”