Holding said earlier this year on Sky Sports that he would be "bruising my knee until I go into my grave" if he were still a sportsman. John Faragher resigned as Essex chairman on November 11 following a claim he used racist language at a board meeting in 2017, which he strongly denied. The 20-times Grand Slam champion said he would be able to resume running in January and return to training on the court in March or April. The visitors dominated the early exchanges and thought they had taken a third-minute lead when Adams collected Andy Robertson's cross and turned his man in a tight space before finishing calmly, only for the flag to go up for offside in a tight decision confirmed by the VAR.