"Rosenior was seen angrily shouting at those from the Gunners side to stay on their half of the pitch and not encroach on Chelsea's area as the teams prepared for the game at Emirates Stadium, with Arsenal winning 1-0 to secure a 4-2 aggregate victory. "It wasn't the players," said Rosenior. "When you warm up, you have your half and the other team have their half."
""I've never asked my team or coaches to encroach on the opposition's territory. In that moment, I didn't think it was right where they were operating, they were affecting our warm up. "I asked them, maybe not politely, to make sure they stay in their half. I'm not here to have mind games, it's just what I think is right and respectful. Hopefully, we respect that and other teams do too.""
Arsenal warmed up encroaching onto Chelsea's side at the Emirates, prompting Liam Rosenior to angrily tell them to remain on their half. Rosenior said the encroachment affected Chelsea's warm-up and that he had never asked his team or coaches to operate on the opposition's territory. He asked the Arsenal staff to stay in their half, described the request as about respect and etiquette, and said he did not seek mind games. Rosenior expressed respect for Mikel Arteta but felt his team was not shown respect in that moment. Rosenior has won six of eight games since replacing Enzo Maresca, with his only defeats coming in both legs of the Carabao Cup semi-final against Arsenal. Chelsea lost the second leg 1-0 after Kai Havertz scored a late counter-attacking winner in added time, and Chelsea had begun with three centre-backs before making attacking substitutions on 59 minutes to chase an equaliser.
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