Chelsea 3-1 Arsenal (1997-98 League Cup Semi Final 2nd Leg)

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Chelsea vs Arsenal
0Scoreline	Chelsea 3-1 Arsenal
0Date	18 February 1998
0Competition	League Cup
0Referee	Graham Poll
0Stadium	Stamford Bridge
0Attendance	34,330

The 2nd leg of Chelsea and Arsenal's 1998 League Cup semi-final took place at Stamford Bridge on 18 February 1998. It was Gianluca Vialli's first match as manager, Ruud Gullit having been dismissed just days earlier. Trailing 2-1 from the first leg, Mark Hughes' strike in the opening ten minutes levelled the scores on aggregate. Patrick Vieira was sent off just after half-time for a foul on Graeme Le Saux and Chelsea took command with two goals in two minutes: Roberto Di Matteo scored with a spectacular effort from 30 yards and then Dan Petrescu latched onto a Gianfranco Zola corner to effectively seal the tie. A late Dennis Bergkamp penalty put Arsenal back in contention, but the Blues held on to clinch a final place against Middlesbrough.

Match details

18 February 1998	Chelsea	3–1	Arsenal	Venue: Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 34,330 Referee: Graham Poll
	Hughes 10' Di Matteo 51' Petrescu 53'		Bergkamp 82' (p)

CHELSEA: GK 1 Ed de Goey RB 6 Steve Clarke CB 5 Frank Leboeuf CB 12 Michael Duberry LB 14 Graeme Le Saux MF 2 Dan Petrescu MF 11 Dennis Wise (c) MF 16 Roberto Di Matteo CF 10 Mark Hughes CF 25 Gianfranco Zola CF 9 Gianluca Vialli 80' Substitutes: GK 13 Kevin Hitchcock MF 24 Eddie Newton 80' CF 19 Tore André Flo Manager: Gianluca Vialli

ARSENAL: GK 13 Alex Manninger RB 2 Lee Dixon CB 6 Tony Adams CB 18 Gilles Grimandi LB 3 Nigel Winterburn 71' RM 15 Ray Parlour 45' CM 4 Patrick Vieira 48' CM 17 Emmanuel Petit LM 11 Mark Overmars ST 9 Nicolas Anelka ST 10 Dennis Bergkamp Substitutes: GK 24 John Lukic MF 28 Stephen Hughes 71' MF 7 David Platt 45' Manager: Arsene Wenger

Match reports

• Sporting Life
• BBC

1997-98 season

Premier League:

Coventry (A) • Barnsley (A) • Wimbledon (A) • Southampton (H) • Crystal Palace (A) • Arsenal (H) • Man Utd (A) Newcastle (H) • Liverpool (A) • Leicester (H) • Bolton (A) • Aston Villa (A) • West Ham (H) • Blackburn (A) • Everton (H) Derby (H) • Tottenham (A) • Leeds Utd (H) • Sheff Wed (A) • Wimbledon (H) • Southampton (A) • Coventry (H) • Everton (A) Barnsley (H) • Arsenal (A) • Leicester (A) • Man Utd (H) • Aston Villa (H) • Crystal Palace (H) • West Ham (A) • Derby (A) Leeds Utd (A) • Tottenham (H) • Sheff Wed (H) • Liverpool (H) • Blackburn (H) • Newcastle (A) • Bolton (H) •

FA Cup:

3rd round: Man Utd

League Cup:

3rd round: Blackburn | 4th round: Southampton | 5th round: Ipswich | SF: Arsenal: 1st Leg • 2nd Leg | Final: Middlesbrough

Cup Winners' Cup:

1st Round: Slovan Bratislava: 1st Leg • 2nd Leg | 2nd Round: Tromsø: 1st Leg • 2nd Leg | QF: Real Betis: 1st Leg • 2nd Leg SF: Vicenza: 1st Leg • 2nd Leg | Final: Stuttgart