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02/03 16:09 CST Havertz sinks former club as Arsenal reaches English League Cup
final by beating Chelsea
Havertz sinks former club as Arsenal reaches English League Cup final by
beating Chelsea
By STEVE DOUGLAS
AP Sports Writer
What's shaping up to be a banner season for Arsenal is going to include a trip
to Wembley Stadium for the English League Cup final.
Arsenal held firm before scoring in stoppage time through Kai Havertz to beat
visiting Chelsea 1-0 on Tuesday and seal a 4-2 victory on aggregate over its
London rival.
Mikel Arteta's team leads the Premier League by six points in its bid to become
English champion for a first time since 2004, and also finished top of the
Champions League standings after eight straight wins.
For good measure, Arsenal has advanced to the fourth round of the FA Cup too.
Arsenal will play Manchester City or Newcastle in the March 22 final. City
leads 2-0 heading into the second leg at home on Wednesday.
Much of the hard work was done last month in winning 3-2 at Stamford Bridge and
the return match was mostly cagey.
Havertz, a former Chelsea player, had the final say by latching onto Declan
Rice's pass on a counterattack and rounding goalkeeper Robert Sanchez to slot
home.
The finish wasn't too dissimilar to the one which saw off Man City and clinched
the Champions League title for Chelsea in 2021.
Arsenal will be looking for a third League Cup title, after 1987 and 1993. The
club has been the runner-up six times, most recently to City in 2018.
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