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Liverpool make Arsenal postponement request due to COVID-19 cases

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Liverpool's manager Jurgen Klopp is interviewed after their English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Arsenal at Anfield in Liverpool, England, Monday, Sept. 28, 2020. (AP)

Liverpool have asked the English Football League (EFL) to reschedule the first leg of their League Cup semi-final against Arsenal on Thursday due to a rising number of COVID-19 cases at the club, the Premier League team said on Tuesday.

Liverpool cancelled Tuesday's first-team training session.

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