Liam Rosenior Accuses Arsenal Of Lack Of Respect After Disruption To Chelsea Warm-up

Liam Rosenior has accused Arsenal of disrespecting Chelsea by disrupting their warm-up earlier nan 2nd limb of their Carabao Cup semi-final.

Television cameras caught Chelsea’s caput coach losing his cool and aiming a foul-mouthed outburst astatine an unidentified personnel of Arsenal unit for straying into nan incorrect half of nan transportation earlier nan sides met astatine nan Emirates Stadium connected Tuesday. Rosenior, who was seen telling personification to enactment successful their half, looked livid astatine nan clip and said connected Thursday that location were “certain etiquettes successful football” to observe, aft being asked why nan incident angered him truthful much.

“It wasn’t nan [Arsenal] players,” nan 41-year-old said. “I’m respectful. When you lukewarm up, you person your half, nan different squad person their half. I’ve ne'er asked my squad aliases my coaches to encroach connected nan opposition’s territory. In that moment, I didn’t deliberation it was correct wherever they were operating.

“They were affecting my lads’ warm-up and my staff’s warm-up. So I asked them, possibly not politely, to make judge they enactment successful their half. I’m not present to person mind games. It’s conscionable what I deliberation is correct and respectful. Hopefully, we respect that and different teams do too.

“There are definite etiquettes successful football. I ever effort and beryllium arsenic respectful arsenic possible. I ever want to win. I’ve ne'er asked my coaches. I don’t person an rumor pinch anyone astatine Arsenal Football Club. A awesome manager, Mikel Arteta, I’ve sewage truthful overmuch respect for. It was conscionable successful that moment, I didn’t deliberation that respect was shown to my team.”

Arsenal reached nan last aft a precocious Kai Havertz extremity sealed a 4-2 triumph connected aggregate. Chelsea were criticised for their cautious attack but were without a big of cardinal players.

Rosenior said that Cole Palmer, who came connected successful nan 2nd half against Arsenal, was fresh to play 90 minutes erstwhile Chelsea sojourn Wolves successful nan Premier League connected Saturday. It is unclear whether Pedro Neto and Reece James will return from insignificant knocks. Jamie Gittens is sidelined pinch a torn hamstring.