The match between Arsenal and PSV Eindhoven in the UEFA Europa League scheduled to take place at the Emirates Stadium on Thursday night has been postponed.
The game has been postponed due to’severe limits on police resources’ in London due to Queen Elizabeth II’s burial, according to UEFA.
It increases the likelihood that further top-tier games scheduled to take place in the capital over the weekend would be canceled for the same reason.
No date for the rescheduled game has yet been established, according to PSV in their statement.
Why Was Arsenal Game Postponed?
A UEFA statement said: ‘UEFA today announced that the UEFA Europa League tie between Arsenal FC and PSV Eindhoven, originally to be played on Thursday 15 September, has been postponed with a new date to be communicated in due course.
Arsenal’s Europa League home game against PSV on Thursday has been postponed due to lack of police resources in London ahead of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral pic.twitter.com/c1I8DihhSD
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‘This is due to the severe limitations on police resources and organisational issues related to the ongoing events surrounding the national mourning for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.’
The Queen’s funeral will be held on Monday but the weekend will see a number of other events as part of the nationwide 10 days of mourning.
With hundreds of thousands of people expected to arrive in London, police officers from all around the nation will be brought in to support the Metropolitan Police.
Following the 96-year-old monarch’s passing on Thursday, all football games in the United Kingdom were canceled for the weekend as a gesture of respect.
Premier League games set to be staged in the city over the weekend include Chelsea vs Liverpool and Brentford vs Arsenal on Sunday afternoon, plus Tottenham vs Leicester City on Saturday evening.
However, with police forces already overloaded, matches this weekend in London and other parts of the country are at risk.
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