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'They've done nothing wrong!': Micah Richards defends Arsenal following the postponement of the North London derby and says 'any other Premier League team would have done the same'

Micah Richards has defender Arsenal for postponing the North London derby and said that any other Premier League team would have done the same.

Arsenal asked for the game to be rescheduled as they were missing players due to positive Covid cases, injuries, suspension and international duty at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Mikel Arteta’s request for the game to be called off was approved by the Premier League on Friday afternoon. However, the decision did not sit well with Spurs.

Micah Richards (above) has defender Arsenal for postponing the North London derby

ud83dudde3 "In my opinion they've done nothing wrong, let's be honest, other clubs would do the same thing, it's not an Arsenal thing.