Stamford Bridge has become the playground for Mikel Arteta as he continued his unprecedented record against Chelsea.

Arsenal travelling from the North of London to its West to manhandle the Champions of the World, Chelsea, at their own backyard.

Alejandro Garnacho’s brace was not enough to stop the Gunners blowing the Blues away in the first leg of the 2025-26 EFL Cup semi-final.

Mikel Arteta has become the first manager to go unbeaten in eight consecutive away games against Chelsea in all competitions with 4 wins and 4 draws.

Robert Sanchez will go down as one of Chelsea’s ever questionable goalkeeper in their history after his two errors contributed to Ben White and Vicktor Gyokeres’ goals.

Martin Zubimendi’s 71st minutes strike turned out to be the winning goal of the first leg in Liam Rosenior’s second game in charge of Chelsea.