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No. 38,505 

england red-faced at mako virus farce

ENGLAND were left embarrassed last

night after Mako Vunipola was

hurriedly sent into international

isolation because of coronavirus fears.

The Lions prop was named in England’s

squad to face Wales, but quickly pulled

out when medical staff realised he had

flown back to England from Tonga via

Hong Kong. He is not showing any

symptoms but was ordered not to

come into camp as a precaution and

will be homebound for 14 days.

He did, however, train with his club

Saracens yesterday.

Vunipola had spent a fortnight in Tonga

for personal reasons and travelled

back through the infected area over

the weekend. He will miss Saturday’s

Six Nations clash at Twickenham and is

almost certain to be ruled out of next

week’s finale against Italy.

Although Vunipola was responsible for

his own travel arrangements, the

matter left England red-faced because

Manchester city have

convinced UeFa to let them

play their Premier League

fixture with arsenal next week

despite the match clashing with

champions League games.

city held talks with arsenal and

the Premier League yesterday

over when to play a game

originally scheduled for last

sunday. Pep Guardiola’s side

were otherwise engaged

winning the carabao cup and

the clubs agreed on March 11 as

the best alternative date.

city were keen to play the game

next Wednesday because they

are short of midweek slots for

the rest of the season.

But the european governing

By NIK SIMON

«TurN TO page 77, COl 3

city win

fixture fight

with uefa

By MaTT HugHeS

and SaMI MOKBel

«TurN TO page 80, COl 1

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lIVerpOOl...0

Fa C up — 5th rOuND

Blues cruise:

Ross Barkley

celebrates

making it 2-0

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JUrGen KLoPP was forced

to defend his team selection

last night as Liverpool’s dreams

of an historic treble were

dashed by chelsea.

adrian’s horrible error gifted Willian

the opener before ross Barkley’s solo

effort booked Frank Lampard’s side a

place in the Fa cup quarter-finals.

‘We made seven changes because we

knew it would be intense,’ said Klopp,

whose team lost their unbeaten Pre-

mier League record on saturday, 3-0 at

Watford. ‘We made the changes because

there would be a lot of sprints, because

of how chelsea play in midfield.

‘it was clear we needed acceleration.

it’s a learning process for the young

SaMI MOKBel

at Stamford Bridge

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«

Barkley kills

off liverpool

Treble dream

body were reluctant to accept

city’s request as Liverpool

host atletico Madrid in the

second leg of their champions

League last-16 tie at 8pm on the

same day.

an agreement between the

Premier League and UeFa,

signed in 2017, states that

television coverage of domestic

matches in the top division

must finish at least 15

minutes before the kick-off of

european games.

arsenal’s trip to the etihad

stadium is due to be televised

by sky — they selected their

games before christmas —

and the broadcaster would not

have wanted an earlier kick-off,

which would also have

presented complications for the

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