Chelsea boss Liam Rosenior explains furious Arsenal outburst before Carabao Cup clash

Liam Rosenior could be seen shouting at Arsenal coaches ahead of Chelsea's Carabao Cup semi-final second leg clash at Emirates Stadium on Sunday

Liam Rosenior has defended his decision to shout at the Arsenal coaching staff before Chelsea's Carabao Cup semi-final second-leg tie at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday.

The Chelsea head coach, 41, appeared displeased with something that happened in the warm up. He gestured at a member of his coaching staff before throwing his arms up in the air in the direction of the Arsenal players.

It was initially reported that Rosenior was annoyed by the Arsenal players venturing into his half while warming up. The former Hull City and Strasbourg boss could be heard shouting "stay in your half" to his opposition.

But now, ahead of Saturday's Premier League trip to Wolves, Rosenior has opened up on the furious Arsenal incident and admitted he was indeed frustrated with the coaching staff and not the players for entering his half.

"It wasn't the players," Rosenior said in his pre-match press conference on Thursday. "When you warm up, we have our half and the other team have our half.

"I've never asked my team or coaches to encroach on the other team's territory. I thought they were affecting our warm up. I asked them, maybe not politely, to move away. I don't have an issue with anyone at Arsenal Football Club. It was just in that moment, I don't think that respect was shown to my team."

Chelsea ended up losing the game 1-0 after Kai Havertz scored a 97th minute winner. It meant the Blues fell to a 4-2 defeat on aggregate and exited the competition at the semi-final stage for the first time since 2018.

Assessing his side's performance against Arsenal and the negative 'noise' that has come out surrounding his team, Rosenior said: "The noise doesn't surprise me at all, that comes with the territory.

"What other teams do, it has nothing to do with me. What people think about the way my teams play makes no difference to my decision making. We didn't go through so there are always things you can do differently, but that was a very, very solid performance and the game could have easily gone our way."

Next up for the Blues is rock bottom Wolves in the Premier League this weekend. Chelsea thumped Rob Edwards' side 4-0 in the reverse fixture back in November.