The NFL will not play Monday night’s game between the Los Angeles Rams and Kansas City Chiefs in Mexico City as scheduled.

The game is being moved to Los Angeles because the condition of the playing surface at Azteca Stadium created player-safety concerns.

Inspectors with the NFL and the NFL Players Association were sent to Mexico City this week to inspect the field, which had been damaged by heavy rains, a concert and soccer matches.

The players’ union was worried that players could get injured on the stadium’s torn-up, hybrid turf-grass field, which was installed this past summer.

The Rams, under NFL rules relating to international games, were required to have their home field at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum available to host the game if needed.

Monday’s eagerly anticipated matchup is one of the highest-profile games of the NFL season. The teams have matching 9-1 records and quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes of the Chiefs and Jared Goff of the Rams, along with Los Angeles running back Todd Gurley, have emerged as league MVP candidates.

—Bulletin wire reports