The Premier League will hold emergency meetings with club owners and team managers next week to discuss the escalating Covid crisis, with some clubs calling for a Christmas ‘firebreak’ of fixtures. The Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp said: "Stopping the league means we stop now for one week, for two weeks, means [missing] five, six games? So when do you want to play them?”
Arsenal's Mikel Arteta said clarity was needed to "maintain the fairness of the competition." "The rules have to be the same for all the teams," said Antonio Conte of Tottenham.
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