00:00Even by Chelsea's unparalleled soap opera standards, January was ridiculous.
00:06Another change of management, nine games in four competitions and the month was closed out with not one, but two come from behind 3-2 wins.
00:17Now February begins with another blockbuster, the second leg of the League Cup semi-final, away to the top team in the land who also happen to have a goal head start.
00:27Arteta changes four of his starters here, Saka pulled out in the warm-up at Leeds, he's missing again, now so is Odegaard.
00:37Under scrutiny, Jokeres has now scored four and six, he starts, so do the former Blues Kepa and Maduweke, but Havertz does not, Eze and Martinelli come in.
00:48Juggling like an old-hand tinker man, young Liam Rossinia has made plenty of changes every time thus far.
00:58No surprise, this starting XI looks more like the side that finished at home to the Hammers.
01:03Back in come Fofana, Kukureya, Andre Santos and the banging form, Jao Pedro.
01:08Five and five for him, it looks like a number ten role though tonight, which means having missed four of our last five meetings with Arsenal,
01:17Kulpana is on the bench, as is Esteval, just back from Brazil.
01:21And it comes, he did, and who got the final touch?
01:32It looks like that was a three-headed one, it was, oh, it was blocked from Fofana, that looks like it's a corner, no?
01:40Let's have a look.
01:41That is handball.
01:43I'll tell you what, if he's put his arm up in the air across the Arsenal clan, it's hit him.
01:51And it comes again, Sanchez sort of came, didn't get near him, he's ended up on the floor.
01:55Well, they still managed to cause chaos, whatever they did at set-piece is his.
01:59That's a great ball from Maduweke.
02:01Incapié!
02:03Spectacular from Sanchez, and it arrived too quickly at Gabriel for him to react.
02:07And he saved from Gabriel, a big one that would have made it 4-1 in the first leg at the bridge, did Sanchez.
02:15That was a lovely little pick-out from Eze, wasn't it, inside.
02:18And it's incapié that gets the shot off.
02:21And something that Robert Sanchez has been doing all year, good strong arm.
02:27Malagusto's got turned here.
02:30Martinelli!
02:31Well done, Malagusto, for getting in the way.
02:34He's atoned for his own mistake.
02:35His body position was all out.
02:38Yeah, and Martinelli would be disappointed with the first opportunity here.
02:50Now, Cucuraya.
02:51After Alto pinched it.
02:53Why not go for it, Enzo Fernandes?
02:55Very similar save from Kepa to the one Sanchez made at the other end.
03:00Spectacular and solid, but one you'd expect him to make still.
03:03It's a shot on target from a player who's been scoring plenty lately.
03:07Already well above last season's tally.
03:10Into double figures, Enzo Fernandes.
03:13Second only to João Pedro.
03:16That trio right there, starting to make their move now.
03:20But then it's got to get in.
03:23Enzo Fernandes does get it in.
03:25See how Pedro is.
03:26Down!
03:27Oh!
03:29Ricocheted back, off the lap and behind.
03:32Goal kick.
03:33And if you remember in the first half, Ben, I was very, very complimentary about Kepa on the punch.
03:41Can we threaten the goal again here?
03:43Fernandes with the corner.
03:45Near post.
03:46It's a bouncer.
03:46Nearly turned into a good, bad one.
03:48Kukure has gone for it.
03:51Yeah, Enzo would be disappointed with that because he's put in a fantastic ball previously from the other side.
03:55And he's just...
03:56It was a poor ball there, but Arsenal didn't manage to clear it.
04:00And then we've got Kukurela there that was trying to get his second in as many games.
04:04He's not quite hitting the target.
04:07And here he goes again on the under lap.
04:09Look.
04:09He is.
04:10Estéval, but get out of his way.
04:12Estéval.
04:14Enzo Fernandes.
04:16Like it.
04:17OK, he hasn't hit the target, but do you know what?
04:19You're right.
04:19It starts with a great header from Kukurela.
04:26Chossard one-on-one with Malagusto.
04:29France beats Belgium.
04:31But Rice has won it back for Zubimendi here.
04:33He stands it up.
04:34Overload.
04:35Oh, what a block, Kukurela.
04:37Right place, right time.
04:38What a block.
04:40What a block.
04:41That had goal written all over it.
04:42Yeah, I mean, you thought he was going to hit the back of the net.
04:46And that is brilliant.
04:49Oh, and the bonks as well from Kukurela.
04:51Gabriel, who could have made it 4-1 with a very similar header at the bridge.
04:54Almost identical that Sanchez saved with his outstretched right boot.
05:02Caicedo.
05:02And here's another.
05:05He's got the armband on in the absence of Rhys James.
05:07Pedro, nice little screen.
05:09Esteval into Incafier.
05:13Oh, free kick, Cole Palma.
05:15But even that though, Ben, look at the thread that Cole Palma is playing through bodies there into, like I said, the more and more Cole Palma and Esteval linking up, the better opportunities we have as something happening.
05:28He's got the armband on in it.
05:31Palma.
05:31Yeah.
05:32And I think it hit.
05:33Oh, Chalibur.
05:34Deflected.
05:35Corner.
05:36They're asking for a handball.
05:37At least four Chelsea players with their arm up, I know that.
05:40James Bell, VAR, feel free to chip in here, mate.
05:45No.
05:48Good delivery, please.
05:50For Fana.
05:51Cheeky flick.
05:52It's all he could do, really, to help it on and hope.
05:54Yeah, I mean, again, it was a poor corner.
05:57We don't expect anything to happen from that.
06:00I know it maybe looked more dangerous than it actually was, the fact that he's flicked it, trying to get it towards goal.
06:09Come on, lads.
06:12The attacking options are on, just about.
06:20Palma says, give me the ball.
06:21It's a Fernandes in the gap.
06:23He's going for it.
06:24Oh, no.
06:26It's a mile off.
06:27Yeah.
06:27And do you know what?
06:28That's why you don't mind Colt Palmer dropping in deep, just to get in the ball.
06:33I thought he was about to blow there.
06:35Forward by Kukurea.
06:39Capier wins it.
06:41Trossard, if he gets that right.
06:43Well, it's all over either way here.
06:46Either because it's a goal, which it might well be now.
06:49Havertz is going to walk it in.
06:53There was every chance an X Factor was going to hurt Chelsea tonight.
06:59You have to leave the gap at the back when you're going for it in the last seconds.
07:03The fact that Arsenal scored from it is kind of an irrelevance.
07:05It's the final whistle was about to go anyway.
07:10The Gooners are going to Wembley.
07:11I'm sure the final whistle is coming within about three seconds of this restart here.
07:20Make that one second.
07:21Well, we gave it a good go, that is for sure.
07:27Liam Rossignor there has won six of his eight Chelsea games in charge.
07:31The two he's played against Arsenal, he has lost.
07:35This one, with extenuating circumstances.
07:38This is beaten over two legs by Arsenal by four goals to two.
07:44So, friends, I can't tell you all.
07:46I can ask you guys to see them on the front.
07:49You can't tell us what the other hand has lost, but it won't be a good one.
07:50If you're doing this for two to three weeks...
07:53Let's go see them again next time.
07:55We're on the road going.
07:57We're on the road going.
07:58We're on the road going.
07:59We're off the road going.
08:01We're on the road going.
08:02We're off the road going.
08:04You won't be on the road going.
08:06So, because you know.
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