Tottenham analysis - The moment Antonio Conte embarrassed Mikel Arteta as Arsenal call backfires

Tottenham fans have had to wait four long months to see Antonio Conte take charge of his first North London Derby. Initially due to take on Arsenal at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday, January 16, the showdown was postponed following a request from the Gunners to the Premier League to call the game off due to their lack of numbers.

Claiming they had "many players currently unavailable across our squad as a result of Covid, injuries and players away with their countries at AFCON", Tottenham were left furious about the decision, with Conte making his feelings perfectly clear on it numerous times since then. Spurs even had a subtle dig at Arsenal in a video on social media ahead of kick-off with the message "we were ready in January" there for all to see.

Arsenal probably did wish the game in January had in fact gone ahead going on what took place in N17 on Thursday evening. Finding themselves 1-0 down after Harry Kane had netted from the penalty spot following a clumsy foul on Son Heung-min, Rob Holding deservedly saw red for two yellows following bad challenges on Son.

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It was reckless play from the Arsenal centre-back and his side duly capitulated as Kane grabbed his second before Son added a third shortly after half-time. Tottenham did have a number of chances after that to extend the scoreline and the Gunners were rather fortunate to leave having only conceded the three goals.

While Conte and everyone at Spurs wanted to play the game back in January, the postponement really did work in the club's favour as their form was incredibly patchy back then and they were without Son, and Dejan Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentancur