{"id":238539,"date":"2020-03-16T15:05:19","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T12:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/?p=238539"},"modified":"2020-03-16T15:05:21","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T12:05:21","slug":"liverpool-left-to-wait-and-wonder-after-virus-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/2020\/03\/16\/liverpool-left-to-wait-and-wonder-after-virus-strikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool left to wait and wonder after virus strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_238537\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-238537\" class=\"size-full wp-image-238537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/files\/2020\/03\/4ce31d4676a78175fae3910235d0864e53af4af1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/files\/2020\/03\/4ce31d4676a78175fae3910235d0864e53af4af1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/files\/2020\/03\/4ce31d4676a78175fae3910235d0864e53af4af1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-238537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liverpool are 25 points clear of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League \u00a9 <b>AFP\/File \/ PAUL ELLIS<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>LONDON, United Kingdom, Mar 16<i> &#8211; <\/i>Liverpool could have been crowned Premier League champions on Monday for the first time in a generation at the home of local rivals Everton. Instead, the stadium will be silent.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s team would have needed Manchester City to lose to Burnley on Saturday to have given them a chance to seal the deal at Goodison Park.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of whether it would have happened on Monday or over the coming weeks, Liverpool&#8217;s first top-flight title for 30 years was a mere formality.<\/p>\n<p>But now fans are wondering when, or even if, they will be crowned champions after the coronavirus laid waste to the global sporting calendar.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_238538\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-238538\" class=\"size-full wp-image-238538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/files\/2020\/03\/436479c482d3cd03f2c3adf1e05aa473ceb68a1e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/files\/2020\/03\/436479c482d3cd03f2c3adf1e05aa473ceb68a1e.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/files\/2020\/03\/436479c482d3cd03f2c3adf1e05aa473ceb68a1e-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-238538\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jurgen Klopp has taken Liverpool to the brink of their 19th league title \u00a9 <b>AFP\/File \/ Paul ELLIS<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The message coming from Liverpool is that there are more important issues than football to talk about, even with the club tantalisingly close to glory.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve said before that football always seems the most important of the least important things,&#8221; Klopp said in a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today, football and football matches really aren&#8217;t important at all.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If it&#8217;s a choice between football and the good of the wider society, it&#8217;s no contest. Really, it isn&#8217;t.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Klopp&#8217;s stance won him the support of World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who thanked him for his &#8220;powerful message&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool supporters, desperate to reclaim their position at the pinnacle of the English game, agree with their German manager, saying the pandemic overshadows football.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_236306\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-236306\" class=\"size-full wp-image-236306\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/files\/2020\/02\/6ade886bf922c4a5bbca9e9f3a946a3ebc493ea4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/files\/2020\/02\/6ade886bf922c4a5bbca9e9f3a946a3ebc493ea4.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/files\/2020\/02\/6ade886bf922c4a5bbca9e9f3a946a3ebc493ea4-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-236306\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Will Liverpool be able to complete their Premier League title charge? \u00a9 <b>AFP\/File \/ Oli SCARFF<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Supporters&#8217; union Spirit of Shankly is focusing on the damaging fallout from the COVID-19 virus.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In talks with @lfc we asked for assurances that non-playing staff will not lose their pay as a consequence of shifts being cancelled,&#8221; it said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We also need to keep in mind those most vulnerable. 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