00:00Yes, new Chelsea boss Liam Rosinia has his toughest test so far against Premier League leaders and London rivals Arsenal this week.
00:09The Blues host the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final at Stamford Bridge and it could be Chelsea's best route to silverware this season.
00:18The club also advanced to the next stage of the FA Cup after beating Charlton 5-1.
00:24That was Liam Rosinia's first game in charge.
00:26But this semi-final is a big test for the new manager.
00:30Here's what he had to say about the game and their opposition in Arsenal.
00:34They've already shown that we've been working tactically on Arsenal from the moment I came into the club.
00:40You know what an important game it is.
00:42Watched all of their games, analysed every aspect of their game, including set plays at which they're very good at.
00:48Yeah, there's a lot you can affect.
00:51You know, we talk about systems and tactics.
00:53What I was very happy with after being for two days, I saw an attitude in the team against Charlton that I really, really liked.
00:58In terms of our energy, in terms of our intensity to press, in terms of winning duels.
01:02And you're going to need that against a very, very good team on Wednesday night.
01:06They're good at everything.
01:07They're a good team.
01:08And it's not about taking the game back in time.
01:11You have to manage your 1% to be as good a team to win as many different ways as possible.
01:16I respect them.
01:17I think they'll respect us because we're a good team as well.
01:21But no, like people can talk.
01:23I don't know who's calling them set-piece FC.
01:25I'm definitely not.
01:26I think they're a team who are very good without the ball.
01:28I think they have a really, really clear idea in the way they want to play with the ball.
01:32And on top of that, they're very, very well organised with good delivery on set plays.
01:36That's what you want to be if you want to be successful.
01:38And, you know, that's the idea for every coach.
01:41For Arsenal, this could be the catalyst they need to kick on this campaign.
01:47Talk amongst fans in North London is that a Carabao Cup win in March
01:51could help propel them to win the Premier League
01:54or even lift the Champions League trophy at the end of the season.
01:59Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has consistently challenged for the league over the last few seasons
02:04with the Gunners but has only won the FA Cup back in 2020.
02:09So is he in desperate need of a trophy?
02:11Here's what the Arsenal boss had to say.
02:14Football gives you another chance.
02:16We've been really consistent again in the competition
02:18and now we have to knock another big team out of the competition to be in the final.
02:23And that's the mission.
02:24Hopefully we learn from last year because it was painful,
02:28especially the manner that the games went
02:30and the amount of chances that we missed not to go through.
02:34Well, the more you are involved in these kind of games, the better
02:36because it gives you a nudge, it brings the team a different kind of energy
02:41and it gives you the sense that the objective is very, very close
02:47and that's a massive motivation for everybody.
02:49So we know that we are two games away from playing a final.
02:52We have to go game by game and the first one is time for bridge
02:55and we know we have a really tough opponent in front.
02:57Here we go.
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