- Osian Roberts took charge at Spurs with Patrick Vieira isolating
- Tuesday’s Arsenal v Wolves and Leeds v Aston Villa matches off
Crystal Palace’s preparations for the Boxing Day trip to Tottenham descended into chaos with their manager Patrick Vieira testing positive for Covid-19 while they were denied a last-minute request by the Premier League to postpone the fixture.
Osian Roberts, the assistant manager, took the team for the 3-0 defeat and, despite his efforts to play down the disruption, it was plain that the situation was far from ideal. Vieira is the second Premier League manager to test positive for the virus in the last few days with Aston Villa’s Steven Gerrard also now in isolation.
