United are one point away from the top four, with the Fifth Place Red Devils trailing the team by just one point after fourth-placed West Ham were forced to draw 0-0 away from Burnley. However, at this time, the British media disclosed that Manchester United suffered a major blow, including players, there are many people in the team who tested positive for the new crown, and the battle with Brentford on Tuesday may be postponed.
In the table, Tottenham are currently only two points behind Manchester United in two games, which is still a big threat. The reason why Conte's team played fewer rounds than other teams was because 8 players were positive for the new crown, including last weekend's visit to Brighton and other games had to be postponed. The British media confirmed that the Premier League has received news that Manchester United has shown positive results in a number of players and staff in the weekend's regular test, which means that the Red Devils and Brentford's match can be carried out as scheduled has been threatened.
The authoritative British Sky Sports report stressed that Manchester United's new crown positive cases are only a "small number" (small number) and that the current battle with Brentford has no signs of being cancelled and is tentatively scheduled to proceed as scheduled.
Coincidentally, Spurs had a case of COVID-19 after a 3-0 win over Norwich, while United also had problems after a 1-0 win over Norwich. Norwich boss Dean Smith, meanwhile, had feared the team would also be affected, but test results showed that they were all right.
The BBC in the United Kingdom revealed that the players in Manchester United's big roster against Norwich were all negative before going south. But ahead of Sunday morning's training session, several coaches and players in the lateral flow test at the Carrington Centre showed positive results and had to go home early for quarantine.
Not only that, the rest of the players can only train outdoors, but also need to adjust the training content, avoid contact, Manchester United can only practice individually.
Last season, Manchester United suffered a covid-19 shock, and many people responded positively on routine tests, but the polymerase chain reaction (PCR test) later confirmed the false alarm, and the team could continue to play. It is hoped that this time too will happen and that the battle with Brentford on Tuesday will go smoothly. The BBC says that as long as the opposing sides can still do full training outdoors, the game will go normally. However, Manchester United's training preparations are inevitably affected.
Manchester United also have many players who have been hit by the new crown, the most recent one is Mason Greenwood, and goalkeeper Dean Henderson and striker Lingard have also been infected with the new crown in the past few months. If the timeline is extended, then Pogba, Tres and Cristiano Ronaldo have also been infected.
It is worth mentioning that in the battle between Manchester United and Norwich, Swedish centre-back Lindlev was replaced early due to breathing difficulties and fast heartbeat, but his situation is not yet certain whether it is related to the new crown virus. Britain's "Sun" said that the two had nothing to do with each other, but the Daily Mail remained skeptical.
The covid-19 variant virus, Omicron, has led to an increase in cases in the UK, and starting this week, fans must prove that they have received two shots of the vaccine or provide a report of a normal COVID-19 test before they can enter the stadium. In addition to Manchester United, Aston Villa also had a positive COVID-19 test on Sunday, and its training preparations were also affected. In addition to the Battle between Tottenham and Brighton, the Championship's Sheffield United and Queen's Park Rangers were also cancelled due to the outbreak of COVID-19 within the Queens Park Rangers team.