Jurgen Klopp believes the recent rise in coronavirus cases was inevitable but the Liverpool manager doesn't want football to stop, as long as it is safe to carry on playing.
The Reds boss outlined how important it was for football to continue in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, despite calls from rival managers such as Sam Alladryce to halt proceedings.
West Bromwich Albion manager Allardyce said this week that football needed to take a break after the Premier League returned the highest number of positive cases in a single round of testing this season.
A total of 18 people were found to have the virus when results were released on December 29, and a rise in cases led to Fulham's match at Tottenham and Everton's game against Man City both being called off.
Klopp said: "I'm not a specialist, we all know that.
"We are trying to do our best to keep the competition going and I think that has worked well.
"I think everybody knew that the winter could bring a second wave, if you want to call it that.
"On top of that for us, society at Christmas is a challenge when you are needing people to self-isolate and things like this.
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"So, I am not surprised the numbers of cases have gone up and it's understandable that has happened in football as well.
"We have to try and do everything to keep the boys as safe as possible, I think the competition can go on and I think that's important as well because people want to watch it plus we are - in this case - not a part of society.
"We usually live isolated and go to the training ground and stuff like this, but as I said, I am not a specialist and will always respect any decisions made."
Allardyce, meanwhile, has said that a "circuit break" of football is the "right thing to do".
"Everyone's safety is more important than anything else," he said after West Brom's 5-0 defeat at home to Leeds on Tuesday.
"When I listen to the news that the variant virus transmits quicker than the original virus, we can only do the right thing, which is to have a circuit break.
"I am 66 years old and the last thing I want to do is catch Covid.
"As much as we're getting tested - we had one positive this week - it seems to be creeping round. No matter how hard we try, no matter how many times we get tested, how we wear our masks, how we sanitise our hands, we're still catching a lot of infections round the country.
"If that helps [circuit breaker], let's do it and let the season run a little longer when we get through it."
