Mikel Arteta has had his say on the North London Derby that was postponed in January amid Tottenham head coach Antonio Conte stating it was "very strange" for the Premier League to grant Arsenal's request.
Ahead of Thursday's meeting between the two sides - which has huge top-four implications - it's worth remembering that they were initially scheduled to lock horns at the beginning of the year, but as mentioned above, the fixture was called off due to the Gunners having "many players currently unavailable across our squad as a result of Covid, injuries and players away with their countries at AFCON".
That decision did not go down well at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, but whilst Conte did not want to dwell too much on the past, he did mention it was "strange" that the Premier League granted Arsenal's request after his side tried to rearrange their league clash against Leicester City in December in order to find a new date to play Rennes in the Europa Conference League following a Covid-19 outbreak at the club
