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- Arsenal needed to change socks after bringing the flawed color to the sport
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Chelsea‘s top-of-the-table conflict with Arsenal was delayed by half-hour after the Gunners introduced the flawed color socks.
The showdown at Stamford Bridge was as a consequence of begin at 7pm nevertheless it was introduced there could be a brief delay as a consequence of a package conflict minutes earlier than the scheduled kick-off time.
Arsenal are understood to have introduced white socks as an alternative of crimson, which resulted in a conflict with Chelsea.
Each groups white socks as a part of their residence kits, however with Chelsea hosts, Arsenal had been pressured to vary colors simply minutes earlier than kick off.
The Gunners finally settled the dispute by carrying Chelsea’s away socks, however needed to tape over the Nike emblem. The Gunners confirmed they’ve paid for the socks themselves.
Chelsea’s top-of-the-table conflict with Arsenal has been delayed by half-hour after the Gunners introduced the flawed color socks
The Gunners will now put on Chelsea’s away socks, however have been pressured to tape over the Nike emblem
Arsenal initially warmed up carrying their normal white and crimson socks earlier than being pressured to vary
Arsenal are sponsored by Nike’s rivals Adidas, so are unable to point out the brand of Chelsea’s package producer.
Chelsea wore blue socks once they performed on the Emirates in December.
In addition to groups not being allowed to put on the identical colored shirts, shorts and socks should even be completely different.
Each groups had been pressured to return again out for a second warm-up because of the delay.
The sport finally kicked off at 7.30pm, half an hour after the scheduled begin time.
Arsenal ladies’s official X account refused to disclose the precise explanation for the delay however defined the match had been delayed as a consequence of a ‘package subject’.
In the meantime, Chelsea’s official social media account posted a cryptic tweet, including: ‘Able to work our socks off.’
Ian Wright was amongst the high-profile names that hit out on the gaffe as he fumed over the delay as hundreds of supporters sat ready for the sport to start.
The Arsenal males’s legend described the saga as ’embarrassing’, posting on his X profile: ‘Embarrassing this. Ridiculous.’ in relation to the delay.
Livid supporters additionally fumed on the incident with one person posting on-line: ‘Fairly agree. The most important WSL match within the season and somebody within the package division tousled so badly. How on earth may which have occurred?’
One other comparable publish acknowledged: ‘By no means in one million years would I count on one thing like socks to be a giant deal.’
The delay did little to assist Arsenal’s preparation as they conceded three objectives towards their cross-city rivals within the opening half-hour of the match.