Liverpool City Council are looking to launch an official investigation regarding the Liverpool v Atletico Madrid game and how it may have increased the number of coronavirus cases in the city.
Mayor Joe Anderson is pushing for a report which would be overseen by the city’s new public health director, Matt Ashton, to investigate a potential like between the game going ahead and a spike in Covid-19 cases and deaths in the city.
Over 3,000 fans travelled over from Madrid for the Champions League last 16 fixture. At the time of the game Madrid had some of the highest figures for cases of Covid-19.
Additionally the Atletico fans could not watch their team play in Spain due to restrictions in place to stop the spread of the virus but were allowed to travel to the UK.
Mayor Joe Anderson said: “I have asked Matt Ashton and his team to conduct a full investigation into any potential link between that match and the situation with coronavirus in the city.
“I said at the time that the fact that the Madrid fans were unable to attend matches in their home city but could travel to a game in Liverpool was absurd, but the government and UEFA decided the game should go ahead.
“We now want to find out what impact that had in the city.”