Chelsea 2-3 Arsenal: Carabao Cup semi-final first leg – live reaction

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Liam Rosenior’s pre-match thoughts

I’ve been lucky enough to be with the lads for six days now. We’ve been very strong on what expect as a staff, what we expect as a group, and I hope to see that come out.

[On the various injuries] Reece James took a knock on his hip and he’s not quite ready. Cole [Palmer] should he available for Saturday, Liam [Delap] and Jamie Gittens are ill, Malo [Gusto] will hopefully be fit for Saturday.

[On the relevance of last year’s semi-final defeats to Newcastle and PSG] There are a lot of learnings from that journey. Every competition is different. Today we are in a different place to where we were a year ago. We are away from home; last year we started at home. We’re very excited, very motivated and willing to start again.

[On coming up against Liam Rosenior] Every manager has his fingerprints. The players remain the same and they will have certain habits and qualities that they want to exploit on the pitch. They are a very strong team who we respect. Continue reading...