Dean Smith: Clubs need to know how many Covid cases gets a game called off

The Canaries were without Lukas Rupp, Pierre Lees-Melou, Christos Tzolis and Josh Sargent due to coronavirus concerns in the defeat by Villa

Dean Smith saw his depleted Norwich side lost 2-0 at home to Aston Villa (Joe Giddens/PA)

Dean Smith has admitted there should be a “magic number” for the amount of Covid-19 cases a club needs for a Premier League fixture to be called off after his depleted Norwich side suffered a 2-0 defeat at home to Aston Villa.

The Canaries were without Lukas Rupp, Pierre Lees-Melou, Christos Tzolis and Josh Sargent due to coronavirus concerns in addition to several other squad members being absent with injuries and were consigned to a third straight loss after goals by Jacob Ramsey and Ollie Watkins.