EFL Cup: Arsenal stun Chelsea 2-1 in second leg to set finals clash with Manchester City
Football | January 25, 2018 9:08 ISTArsenal is languishing in sixth place but Wenger is still through to a fourth domestic final in five seasons.
Arsenal is languishing in sixth place but Wenger is still through to a fourth domestic final in five seasons.
Hazard was also involved in the second goal only three minutes later as some intricate link play ended with Brazil midfielder Willian producing a venomous right-footed shot that gave Brighton goalkeeper Mat Ryan no chance.
The England striker moved onto 98 goals, surpassing the previous mark of 97 set by Teddy Sheringham, thanks to two tap-ins at Wembley Stadium.
Arsenal and Chelsea drew a frustrating goalless match in the second semi-finals of the EFL Cup as league leaders and finalists Manchester City await for an opponent.
The beleaguered Stoke manager was condemned to one last humiliation, a 2-1 loss to Coventry in the third round of the world's oldest knockout competition, before getting fired on Saturday.
The Everton outcast was supposed to join Chelsea in the summer transfer window but it was then manager Ronald Koeman who decided to keep the midfielder from being sold.
All four goals came in the final half hour of a game that left third-place and defending champion Chelsea 16 points behind Manchester City and Arsenal 23 adrift of the leaders.
Chelsea, another team fighting for a finish in the Champions League qualification positions, had it much easier in a 5-0 victory over a depleted Stoke side at Stamford Bridge.
Arsenal reignited that challenge by beating Newcastle 1-0, rising to fourth by ending a three-game winless run.
Chelsea had to fight back for a sixth win in its last seven league games after conceding a sloppy goal in the 12th minute.
Manchester City has re-established its eight-point lead over second-place Manchester United thanks to their 12th straight league win.
Salah scored the opening goal for Liverpool - his 15th in 20 appearances this season - against the club that sold him last year.
The win assured Chelsea of a top-two finish in Group C and left the 2012 European champion at the top with a two-point lead over Roma, which lost 2-0 at Atletico Madrid in the group's other game.
Alvaro Morata's second-half header secured the 1-0 Premier League win as Chelsea outplayed United to instantly recover from a debilitating loss at Roma in the Champions League.
The Manchester clubs travel to London as Jose visits his former club Chelsea, Guardiola looks to run riot as Arsenal come to Etihad.
A season removed from the English Premier League title, Chelsea are struggling with inconsistency, injuries and perhaps even the will to win.
Edin Dzeko's double had briefly put Roma in front but 2012 Champions League winner Chelsea remains two points ahead of the Italian club at the top of the group.
Chelsea have endured a poor start to the season and are currently fifth in the EPL table with 13 points from eight matches. The defeat away to Crystal Palace was their third in the EPL this season.
On a day when United manager Jose Mourinho's caution returned in securing a 0-0 at Anfield, his counterpart at City, Pep Guardiola oversaw an attacking masterclass by his team.
Morata underwent an MRI scan after limping off during his side's 0-1 home defeat against Manchester City in their Premier League clash on Saturday.
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