Chelsea easily dispatches Arsenal
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Cesar Azpilicueta seized on a defensive blunder and Juan Mata scored a slick second as Chelsea dumped English Premier League leader Arsenal out of the League Cup with a 2-0 victory at its London rival on Tuesday.
The fourth round loss ends one route to a trophy for Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, who failed to mastermind a victory over Jose Mourinho for the ninth time. Arsenal hasn’t won a trophy since 2005.
Manchester United will be joining Chelsea in the last eight after Javier Hernandez scored twice in a 4-0 victory over Norwich.
In a shock result, Fulham was beaten 4-3 by second-tier club Leicester. Stoke was forced into extra time against Birmingham but won 4-2 on penalties after it finished 4-4 over 120 minutes. West Ham also required penalties to see off lower-league opposition, but won 2-0 at Burnley with goals in regulation time.
At the Emirates Stadium, Chelsea was in action for the second time in three days, although only Gary Cahill survived the team that beat Manchester City on Sunday.
Wenger made eight changes for the side that won at Crystal Palace on Saturday.
A blunder at the back gifted Chelsea the opener in the 25th minute.
Arsenal defender Carl Jenkinson’s backwards header was too weak to reach goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski, and Chelsea defender Azpilicueta ran through and dispatched the ball into the net.
Arsenal rarely looked like equalizing and Mata smashed the second into the roof of the net in the 66th after Willian nodded the ball back to the Spain midfielder in a move that started from a throw in.
It left the home crowd demoralized.
“Let’s not go too quick for conclusions,” Wenger said. “It’s difficult to swallow what happened to us in the last week.”
But asked about his poor record against Mourinho, Wenger quipped: “I don’t think he scored the first goal.”
At Old Trafford, United turned in the kind of performance missing largely in the league this season and Hernandez might hope for more game time up front after this double.
The striker opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 20th after Leroy Fer fouled Adnan Januzaj. He was on target again in the 54th with a header.
Phil Jones and Fabio da Silva also scored for United.
(AP)
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