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Tottenham react with FURY to 'extremely surprising' decision to postpone north London derby with depleted Arsenal as they accuse Premier League of applying their own rules inconsistently

Tottenham have reacted with fury to the postponement of Sunday's north London derby, saying they are 'extremely surprised' the Premier League approved Arsenal's request.

A strongly-worded statement issued on Saturday night accused the Premier League of not applying their own rules consistently when it came to match postponements related to Covid absences.

Spurs pointed out that they were disqualified from the UEFA Europa Conference League when a large number of Covid cases forced them to reschedule their final group fixture.

Sunday's north London derby between Tottenham and Arsenal has been postponed

Sunday's north London derby between Tottenham and Arsenal has been postponed

Mikel Arteta's (second right) Gunners made the request in the absence of several players

They also criticised the Premier League for not accepting their application to postpone the match with Leicester but then subsequently calling it off when Leicester applied.