The decision to play the match of champions League football between Liverpool and Atlético Madrid could have "resulted in 41 excess deaths" due to the coronavirus, reports the Sunday Times based on a study conducted for the british national health Service.

The team of Jurgen Klopp has faced the Spanish club in the eighth-final return to Anfield, on the 11th of march last, in front of a crowd of some 52,000 people, of which 3,000 fans in madrid.