Crystal Palace have joined Arsenal in asking the Premier League to reschedule their matches earlier than the League Cup quarter-final between the 2 golf equipment.
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In gentle of the information that Arsenal must play their League Cup quarter-final on Tuesday, December twenty third, simply two days after their Premier League fixture in opposition to Everton, the Gunners have tried to get that league recreation rescheduled.
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“Hopefully they may transfer our Premier League match as a result of to play two days later, it doesn’t make any sense clearly,” Mikel Arteta . “We are going to now resolve the date, I’m positive they may change the Premier League date as effectively.”
These quotes have been acquired poorly in some quarters, with pundits claiming that Arteta was making an attempt to get an unfair benefit over their opponents Crystal Palace within the type of an additional day of relaxation. But has now confirmed that Palace need the identical factor as Arsenal.
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“We are attempting the identical factor that Arsenal are attempting, to maneuver our Leeds recreation [currently scheduled for Sunday 21 December] ahead to Saturday [20 December], so we don’t have two days between these video games,” Glasner on Wednesday.
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“We didn’t get a response till now from the Premier League, simply to have the identical as Arsenal, if their recreation is moved.
“I believe that the EFL and the Premier League didn’t resolve this drawback earlier than the beginning of the season. They’ll be taught from it and I’m fairly positive that subsequent yr they may have the answer earlier than the beginning of the season.”
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It’s logical that each managers need extra time for his or her gamers to relaxation and get well earlier than the League Cup quarter-final, and from a participant welfare standpoint it’s the plain factor to do.
The issue is that it entails altering two of Sky Sports activities’ TV slots. The cash from Sky tends to trump all different issues, so it’s nonetheless almost certainly that each Arsenal and Palace’s requests are ignored.