Tottenham boss Antonio Conte believes the decision to postpone the North London derby in January was unfair.

The Gunners were able to get the game postponed due to an injury crisis, even though they had no COVID-19 cases within the playing squad at that time.

The two clubs go head to head on Thursday, with Arsenal ahead of Spurs in the much coveted fourth spot.

When asked about the postponement, Conte replied to reporters: "To speak now about what happened in the past is not useful.

"For sure, it was very strange that our game was postponed for Covid and Arsenal didn't have one player with Covid.

"We lost a game 3-0 [to Rennes] because Premier League didn't want to move our game when we had 9 or 10 players with Covid.

"At that time, it was unfair what happened, but now this is the past and we have to be focused on the present and try to get the best result.

"I think this could be a good chance for us to get three points against their whole team because if we played in January they were without many players because they were committed at the African Cup [of Nations] and injuries. I think football is wonderful.

"Also this type of game it's right to play with two teams and all the players available."