London derby awaits Chelsea in Capital One Cup

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Jose Mourinho will renew old rivalry with Arsene Wenger when Chelsea travel to the Emirates Stadium to face Arsenal on 29/30th October in a mouthwatering fourth round clash in the Capital One Cup following the draw made last night. Both managers have had public spats with one another in the past with the Portuguese manager branded his counterpart a ‘voyeur’ in 2005 for constantly talking about his Chelsea side though Mourinho was keen to point out that the rivalry has since abated and improvement in relationship between the two in the summer.

A much changed Arsenal side only just squeezed past Steve Clarke’s West Brom 4-3 on penalties after playing out a 1-1 draw in 120 minutes of football at the Hawthorns in the third round. Their opponent Chelsea, on the other hand, had different fortunes as they eased past League One side Swindon Town 2-0 at the County Ground – despite Mourinho making a wholesale of changes to the starting lineup - with goals from Fernando Torres and Ramires sealing qualification to this round.

Chelsea have faced Arsenal five times in the history of this competition with the Blues holding the edge having won 3 and lost 2 of those encounters and those three victories came in the last three meetings between the sides. The last time these two sides met in this competition was in the 2007 final where Mourinho guided the Blues to a 2-1 win in a fiery contest that saw 12 minutes of injury time with 3 players – John Obi Mikel, Emmanuel Adebayor and Kolo Toure – receiving red cards as a brawl broke out on the pitch between the two teams.

However, the last time Chelsea travel to the home ground of Arsenal in the Capital One Cup was way back in November 1998. Incidentally, they also went head-to-head in fourth round of the competition then and Wenger, who decided to rest his key players for that clash proved to be extremely costly as the Blues ran riot and hammered the Frenchman’s side 5-0 at Highbury. The five-goal margin victory is and remains Chelsea’s biggest ever win against Arsenal in all competitions in history.

Other 4th round ties see London rivals Tottenham host Hull City at White Hart Lane while David Moyes’s Manchester United – who dispatched Liverpool 1-0 in the previous round – entertain Norwich City at Old Trafford and Manuel Pellegrini will take his Manchester City side to St. James’ Park to face Newcastle. The full draw for the Capital One Cup 4th round ties can be seen here.

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A like for making me remember that 2007 game!

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Voyeur! Haha i definitely remember that bit