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Leicester City vs Crystal Palace to go ahead as planned despite local coronavirus lockdown
Leicester's clash with Crystal Palace is still set to go ahead this weekend despite the East Midlands city going back into lockdown.The news was confirmed by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, on Tuesday morning on Sky News.Leicester has seen a spike in cases in recent weeks, with 866 confirmed cases in the last fortnight forcing the city back into a stricter lockdown.The news on Monday evening sparked fears that this weekend's game between Leicester and Palace would not be able to go ahead.But those concerns have now been laid to rest.Foxes boss Brendan Rodgers insisted earlier this week that he was not concerned about the game not going ahead.The Northern Irishman said: "It is something I am not really