Football: Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta to miss City game after second Covid-19 positive test
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Mikel Arteta previously tested positive in March 2020.
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(REUTERS) - Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta will sit out Saturday's English Premier League game at home to Manchester City after testing positive for Covid-19, the north London club said on Wednesday (Dec 29).
Arsenal are fourth in the table on 35 points after 19 games, 12 points behind leaders City and four ahead of West Ham.
"Mikel is isolating in line with government guidelines and we wish him well," Arsenal said in a statement.
Arteta previously tested positive in March 2020, shortly before the pandemic forced the Premier League to shut down for more than three months.
The 39-year-old is also the latest Premier League manager to be infected by the coronavirus after Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira and Aston Villa's Steven Gerrard.
A record 103 positive Covid-19 cases were found among players and staff in the Premier League over the past week following a raft of fixture postponements during the busy festive period.
Britain reported a record 129,471 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday as it battles a surge in infections fuelled by the Omicron variant.
