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One of the three Boxing Day games that have been postponed is Leeds' trip to Liverpool, because of a Covid outbreak at the Yorkshire club on top of their injury problems, meaning it is unclear if Villa's match at Elland Road will go ahead.
training ground at Thorp Arch was closed for a period of two days on the advice of Public Health England...Leeds saw their Boxing Day clash against Liverpool at Anfield called off following five new Covid cases in the Whites squad and coaching staff, which meant United couldn't field a competitive line-up.
Have won just three times this term - a dismal hit rate of one in six - and are only-----points above the drop zone, despite having played more games than most of their relegation rivals.
Aston Villa......
Steven Gerrard will miss the next two Premier League games after testing positive for Covid-19. Gerrard missed the Villans' Boxing Day game at home to Chelsea and is out of Tuesday's trip to Leeds....
Villa were forced to postpone their game against Burnley last Saturday because of an outbreak of the virus at the club.....Assistant coach Michael Beale is expected to take Gerrard's place
After slipping from eighth to 17th in space of just five games, since Gerrard's appointment, Villa have won four out of their six Premier League games - with two defeats coming against Manchester City and his former club Liverpool....just five goals conceded in six games, three of which were against the Premier League's two best teams.
tighter together and shifting as a team, which makes it really hard for other teams against us. So people are seeing what we're about."He's brought a lot really, a lot of intensity in training, energy to our play, we've got a style of play,
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