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Government grilled over whether Liverpool v Atletico Madrid game should have ever gone ahead

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A government medical chief has said it is an "interesting hypothesis" that Liverpool's match against Atletico Madrid may have led to a spike in coronavirus cases in the city.

Jurgen Klopp's men hosted Atletico at Anfield in the second leg of their Champions League last 16 tie on March 11. At the time there had been a major outbreak of coronavirus in the Spanish capital which had led to schools and universities being closed with all games there being ordered to be played behind closed doors.

However the game got the green light from authorities in the UK with a crowd of around 54,000 attending, including around 3,000 fans who travelled from Madrid.

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