US EditionChelsea Paid for Costly Errors in Arsenal Defeat, Says Rosenior
Arsenal scored three goals including their 24th set-piece strike of the season, with Chelsea’s Alejandro Garnacho netting twice to keep the tie competitive.
- On January 14, 2026 Arsenal beat Chelsea 3-2 in the Carabao Cup semifinal first leg at Stamford Bridge, London with Simon Hooper as referee.
- From a set piece, Ben White nodded Arsenal ahead from a Declan Rice corner and Viktor Gyokeres doubled after Robert Sánchez spilled a cross.
- Introduced from the bench, Alejandro Garnacho scored twice, one from a Pedro Neto cross and another from a corner after a brief VAR check allowed the goal to stand.
- The result hands Arsenal a narrow advantage ahead of the return at Emirates Stadium, while Liam Rosenior's first home game as Chelsea head coach ended in defeat, adding pressure on the new manager.
- A long VAR offside delay and extended injury time stirred late controversy as Arsenal won a penalty after Gabriel was fouled by Jorrel Hato and Jurrien Timber received a yellow card.
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Liam Rosenior shouldered responsibility for Robert Sanchez's costly errors following Chelsea's 3-2 Carabao Cup semi-final first-leg loss to Arsenal at Stamford Bridge.Sanchez's difficult evening began within seven minutes when he misjudged a corner, allowing Arsenal defender Ben White to head home the opener.The Spanish goalkeeper's troubles continued four minutes into the second half when he failed to gather White's low delivery, presenting Vik…
In one of the semifinals of the Carabao Cup, as is known to the English League Cup, Arsenal won 3-2 in the home of his neighbor Chelsea, a team in which coach Liam Rosenior premiered, and which managed to keep in race with a doublet of Argentine Alejandro Garnacho. The Gunners therefore took away the first round of the qualifier, which will have its outcome on February 3, in Emirates Stadium, also in the British capital.Rosenior lived in this ga…
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Alejandro Garnacho, with a desperate doublet, gave life to a Chelsea that seemed practically eliminated after two mistakes by Robert Sanchez and a golazo by Martin Zubimendi.
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