Published on 12:00 AM, March 12, 2020

Arsenal players isolated, match postponed

Arsenal placed some players under isolation and the Premier League postponed the London club's match at Manchester City on Wednesday, after the owner of Greek side Olympiakos Pireaeus tested positive for the coronavirus. A number of Arsenal players had met Evangelos Marinakis following their Europa League round of 32 meeting in London on Feb. 27. Marinakis, who also owns English Championship (second tier) side Nottingham Forest, said on Tuesday he had contracted the disease.The Greek club released a statement on Wednesday saying their players and staff had been tested for the virus and that all tests came back negative. Arsenal said in a statement the risk to their players was "extremely low".