Tottenham Hotspur manager Antonio Conte called the postponement of the match against Arsenal very strange. He highlighted the Premier League‘s considerations in that decision.
As is known, the Tottenham Hotspur vs Arsenal match on Sunday (16/1/2022) night WIB was postponed by the Premier League. Arsenal filed for postponement due to a player crisis due to COVID-19, injuries and the absence of players due to national team duty at the Africa Cup of Nations.
The Premier League agreed to the proposal and was given the spotlight. Because a few days earlier Arsenal even loaned a player, namely Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
In addition, the active COVID-19 case at Arsenal at that time was practically only Martin Odegaard. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was positive, but he experienced it with the Gabon national team and let’s not forget that he has been left out of the Arsenal squad for a few weeks.
Tottenham expressed disappointment with the Premier League’s decision. Spurs manager Antonio Conte saw it as an unwise move.
“I think the club has made a statement. The club expresses its disappointment with the decision. It was a strange decision, but I think the club made an important statement to talk about its disappointment with the decision,” Antonio Conte was quoted as saying. BBC.
“If the Premier League decides to postpone the game because of injuries, it means they have to try to make the best possible schedule for the game. I repeat, this is the first time in my life that the league has postponed a game because of injuries. It was very strange and I was very surprised. “
“The situation is clear for us to show disappointment. We were preparing against Arsenal and then the decision to postpone the game was very, very strange. The club made a statement to show disappointment regarding the Tottenham environment,” said the former coach of Juventus, Italy, Chelsea and Inter Milan.
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