The Premier League is subject to accusations of bias regarding the postponement of matches due to COVID-19 cases.
That is the opinion of Brendan Rodgers at Leicester City, whose game against Tottenham was only called off by the league at the last minute.
When the likes of Manchester United reported COVID-19 cases, their games against Brentford and then Burnley were promptly postponed.
Rodgers spoke before Leicester's game was called off, and believes the league must provide clarity on these matters.
Asked if the rules need clarifying, he said to reporters, per Leicestershire Live: “I think it's a great angle to take. I think you are on the right lines."
Asked if Spurs had an advantage if the Thursday game went ahead, he added: “100 per cent."
He went on to say: “They (the Premier League) feel we have enough players available. I'd be pretty guaranteed that games that have been off before wouldn't have had the same impact in terms of availability as we've had.
“That's the nuts and bolts of it. They feel we'll still have enough players to play the game.
“That clarity is important. We could easily have applied for the weekend's game with Newcastle to be looked at, in terms of availability of players.
“We wanted to play the game even though we were very limited. You could see from our bench the availability we had.
"The risk of injury as well, that was in our thinking. Some of the players we feel we have to change, we can't do that, purely because of unavailability of other players.
"You can't just say: 'Well you've got young players.' There are not many in this league who want to play young players more than me, but it can also harm a kid's career by putting them in at the wrong time.
“But still we went ahead with the game and I'm glad we did. We played well, got the result, and then got some of our young players some more experience, but that was us virtually at the limit, I felt.
“From that we picked up another couple of injuries that is a result of a Covid issue because we can't rest players and recover them. So that was the chance for us to at least get the Premier League to have a look at it but our request was rejected and it's disappointing. It would be nice to have that clarity to ensure it's a fair competition for everyone."
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