straight to your inboxPep Guardiola queried how effective the new protocols for Covid-19 can be in preventing contact on the pitch after Manchester City's FA Cup win over Birmingham.
With more regular testing introduced recently across clubs following outbreaks including Newcastle, City, and Fulham, the PFA this week reminded all players not to celebrate with teammates at goals or swap shirts at the end of games in a bid to reduce contact and keep infection rates down.
Such instinctive reactions have proven difficult to shake off even days after getting the message, with countless examples in the FA Cup this weekend of players of teams coming together to mark goals and also scenes of shirt-swapping at the conclusion of matches.