Crystal Palace fail in bid to get Tottenham clash postponed after Covid outbreak

Crystal Palace had a request for the Premier League game at Tottenham to be postponed turned down (Aaron Chown/PA)

Crystal Palace failed in their attempt to get St Stephen's Day’s visit to Tottenham called off due to coronavirus.

Palace were in discussions with the Premier League on Christmas Day about postponing their trip across the capital following a number of new positive cases, which include boss Patrick Vieira, but the PA news agency understands the league was dissatisfied with the late application.