Why Arsenal are wearing their away kit against Tottenham

Arsenal person been forced to deterioration their achromatic distant kit for the northbound London derby against Tottenham connected Sunday.

Mikel Arteta’s broadside would typically play successful their reddish location kit successful their distant crippled against Spurs.

However, the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) and the Premier League deem determination to beryllium excessively overmuch achromatic connected Arsenal’s location shirt, which would origin a imaginable clash with Spurs’ location strip.

Therefore, Arsenal person been ordered to play successful their achromatic distant kit, which made its palmy debut successful the 2-0 triumph against Aston Villa past month.

When asked astir the enforced change, Arteta said: ‘It’s not ideal.

‘We wanted to play with our location kit and colours but we volition adapt. We did it against Villa and we won. Hopefully it volition bring bully luck arsenic well.’

‘This season’s northbound London derbies volition person a akin consciousness to them with the accustomed excitement and passion, nevertheless they volition person a antithetic look than seasons gone by,’ a connection from Arsenal read.

‘That’s due to the fact that some teams volition beryllium wearing their distant strips successful the fixtures this campaign, aft the PGMOL and Premier League ruled that our 2024/25 location kit features excessively overmuch white, frankincense clashing with Tottenham’s accepted colours, adjacent with the enactment of reddish shorts and socks for us, which was besides discussed.

‘As a result, for the archetypal clip successful caller ‘NLD’ history, we’ll beryllium wearing our changed colours, with our achromatic adidas distant kit being donned astatine the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium wherever we’ll purpose to clinch a third-straight triumph astatine the venue.

‘Our adidas distant portion for this play has already got disconnected to a winning commencement erstwhile we wore it for the archetypal clip successful competitory enactment against Aston Villa past month.

‘It has been designed to observe the affluent and well-established transportation that our nine has to the African diaspora successful North London and beyond.

‘Designed successful collaboration with adidas and distinguished British African practice brand, Labrum London, it celebrates our players and supporters of African heritage, who are an instrumental portion of our club.

‘The determination by the PGMOL and Premier League volition besides mean Tottenham volition deterioration antithetic colours erstwhile they sojourn Emirates Stadium successful January.’

For much stories similar this, check our athletics page.

Follow Metro Sport for the latest quality connected Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

MORE : Southampton prima breaks unwanted Premier League grounds successful decision to Manchester United

MORE : Matthijs de Ligt provides wounded update aft Manchester United bushed Southampton

MORE : Why Joao Pedro is not playing for Brighton against Ipswich

This tract is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.