Confirmed Arsenal team to take on Chelsea – Alexis benched

Arsenal have named their team to take on Chelsea, and Alexis Sanchez has been left on the bench surprisingly.

Arsene Wenger will be confined to the stands for tonight’s encounter for his comments about refereeing decisions of late, but he should have less to worry about considering the use of VAR (Video Assistant Referee) tonight.

The Frenchman has had limited choices thanks to a number of absentees, but you will be pleased to know that we have finally fielded a strong line-up for the Carabao Cup as we look to win the competition for the first time under the manager.

Our opponents also line-up strongly

Will this starting XI have enough to deny the Blues a first-leg win?

Pat J