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Liverpool city council to investigate Atletico Madrid match over potential Covid-19 impact

The city council of Liverpool has announced it will investigate Liverpool's Champions League match against Atletico Madrid at Anfield for any potential impact it had on the coronavirus crisis.

The March 11 fixture was the last major football game to be played in England before the coronavirus shutdown, with 52,000 fans turning up at Anfield including 3,000 traveling supporters from Madrid.

Many called for the game to be postponed with Madrid already in a partial lockdown at the time, but it went ahead with the visitors prevailing in the last-16 second-leg tie.