Arsenal Supporters' Trust and Chelsea Supporters' Trust have released a joint statement following the Premier League's announcement that their match will be played on another date, with just 18 days of notice.
The title-chasing Gunners were meant to host the Blues on Saturday, April 29 at 5:30pm but the Premier League match will now take place a few days later on Tuesday, May 2 at 8pm. A statement from Arsenal released on Tuesday afternoon, less than three weeks before the match takes place, read: "The Premier League has announced that our home league match against Chelsea will now take place on Tuesday, May 2, kick off at 8pm [UK time].
"This change has been made as a result of the Metropolitan Police revising its position on policing the match. After working to try to find a solution with the Met Police, we are very disappointed with the impact and disruption this fixture change will cause to our supporters, particularly after this match had been initially approved for a Saturday evening kick-off."
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