The Premier League appear to have performed a last-minute U-turn over their strict Covid-19 guidelines - after giving the green light to postpone Manchester City's visit to Everton on Monday night.
Pep Guardiola's side were due to clash with Carlo Ancelotti's men at Goodison Park but the game was called off four hours before they were scheduled to kick-off.
Three days after players Kyle Walker and Gabriel Jesus were among four individuals to return positive tests, City announced that a further round of testing had "returned a number of positive cases".
City lodged a request to postpone the match on Monday morning with confirmation coming after a Premier League board meeting in the afternoon.