Liam Rosenior, Chelsea manager, has accused Arsenal of bothering them during the warm-up prior to the League Cup semi-final second leg. (Carabao Cup) that the ‘Blues’ lost this Tuesday 1-0.
The cameras of Sky Sports They recorded Rosenior before the match, when both teams were warming up on the pitch, shouting at a member of Arteta’s coaching staff: “Stay in your half, stay in your fucking half”. “It wasn’t the Arsenal players,” Rosenior confirmed this Thursday at a press conference. I am respectful and when you warm up you have your half and the other team has theirs.. I have never asked my players to transfer that. At that moment I thought they were not doing the right thing. They were bothering my players and my coaching staff.. “I asked them, not in a kind way, to stay in their place.”
“There are certain etiquettes in football and I have always tried to be as respectful as possible. I always want to win, but I would never ask that of my people.”
“I have no problem with Arsenal. They have a fantastic coach and Mikel Arteta is someone I respect a lot. Simply, at that moment, I think my team was not being respected,” Rosenior added.
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Chelsea lost 1-0 thanks to a 97th-minute goal from Kai Havertz and were eliminated from the League Cup 4-2 on aggregate. Arsenal will play the final on March 22 against Manchester City.
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