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Arsenal defeated Chelsea 3-2 in the first leg and narrowly entered the second leg of the League Cup semi-finals.
Goals from Ben White, Victor Jacques and Martin Zubimendi helped the Gunners win at Stamford Bridge, but Alejandro Garnacho scored twice after coming on as a substitute.
But Arsenal will be confident they are on track to reach Wembley and end Mikel Arteta’s run of losing the last four two-legged semi-finals.
Liam Roney’s first home game in charge of Chelsea ended in failure, but he will look to turn things around in three weeks’ time in the second leg at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday, February 3.
Joe Kress scores as Gunners take lead
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Joe Kreis capitalized on a Chelsea goalkeeper error to double Arsenal’s lead
Ronnie Orr received a rousing ovation before kick-off but the optimism of a good start faded seven minutes later as White headed in a signature Declan Rice pass from the corner.
Somewhat controversially, VAR briefly checked for offside, with Joe Kress potentially intervening on the line as the ball sailed past him. But it took a few minutes Antoine Semenho banned from scoring for Manchester City A similar incident occurred in another semi-final, which was checked and cleared within seconds.
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Jamie Redknapp and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink discuss whether Victor Chokeres should have been flagged for offside in Arsenal’s opener after Antoine Semenho’s goal was disallowed against Newcastle
Arsenal then took firm control of the game in the 49th minute when Roberto Sanchez failed to collect White’s cross and Joe Kreis fired from close range into the forward’s lane for his second goal since early November.
Rosenior made an immediate change and one of his substitutes, Ganaccio, put Chelsea back into the game just before the hour mark when Pedro Neto’s cross fell to him at the far post.
Zubimendi scored after combining with Joe Kress in the 71st minute to help Arsenal restore their two-goal advantage, but Ganaccio responded again to give Chelsea hope heading into the second round.
