Arteta has been known to sew the seeds of confusion over the status of players before key games in the past and it remains to be seen whether he might indeed be ready to return to the side. That the Arsenal manager said that the injuries to both Trossard and Saliba were "nothing serious" does at least offer hope that they might be available.

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Chelsea face a tall order to reach the Carabao Cup final after a shocking performance from goalkeeper Robert Sanchez handed Arsenal a 3-2 victory in the first leg of their semi-final. The Spaniard made two avoidable mistakes which allowed Ben White and Viktor Gyokeres to score,

Liam Rosenior has urged Chelsea fans to blame him for Robert Sánchez's two mistakes which helped Arsenal to a 3-2 victory in Wednesday's Carabao Cup semifinal, first leg at Stamford Bridge.

Liam Rosenior labelled the performance of Pedro Neto as “outstanding” in Chelsea’s defeat to Arsenal on Wednesday evening. The Blues lost the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi final 3-2 at Stamford Bridge,

Chelsea face Arsenal at Stamford Bridge in the EFL Cup semi final in just over an hour, and the teams are in!Here are the full team line-ups for Chelsea vs Arsenal (kick off at 20:00