Liverpool and Bournemouth players couldn’t hide their smiles as they awkwardly lined up against each other without shaking hands today.
The Premier League have banned pre-match handshakes between teams and officials as a result of the coronavirus, which has already claimed over 3,500 lives across the world.
An official statement read: “The Premier League fair-play handshake will not take place between players and match officials from this weekend until further notice based on medical advice. “Coronavirus is spread via droplets from the nose and mouth and can be transmitted on to the hands and passed on via a handshake. “Clubs and match officials will still perform the rest of the traditional walk-out protocol ahead of each fixture. “On
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