Liam Rosenior spotted furiously swearing at Arsenal stars: ‘Stay in your f*****g half’

Chelsea head Liam Rosenior furiously berated Arsenal players before kick-off in Wednesday’s Carabao Cup final, appearing to tell them to ‘stay in your f*****g half’ during the warm-ups.

Arsenal saw off their London rivals to book their place in the final where they will take on Manchester City or Newcastle United on Sunday 22 March.

The Blues trailed 3-2 from the first leg at Stamford Bridge three weeks ago but after recent comeback victories over West Ham United and Napoli, there was real hope they could fight their way back into the contest.

It wasn’t to be however, with Arsenal holding firm before a late Kai Havertz goal sealed a 4-2 aggregate win.

Rosenior was fired up before the game and appeared to take umbrage with Arsenal players moving onto Chelsea’s half of the pitch during the pre-match warm-ups.

With the Emirates still filling up, Sky Sports cameras picked up the Chelsea boss blasting Arsenal players or Arsenal staff, telling them: ‘Stay in your half, stay in your f*****g half.’

A clearly irritated Rosenior walks away before turning back, appearing to say: ‘Stay there’ before complaining to a member of Chelsea’s staff.

Still not happy, Rosenior is seen glaring down the end of the pitch where Arsenal players and their staff were camped.

Rosenior was a calmer figure at full-time, praising his side’s efforts after setbacks that included Pedro Neto and Reece James not being passed fit in time to feature against the Gunners.

‘We’ve had a lot to contend with the last couple of days, a couple of fitness tests this morning,’ Rosenior said.

‘Normally I name the team the day before. I named the team this afternoon when I had the full details of who was available. I have to give the players so much credit.

‘Our schedule has been incredible. So for them, to put in the energy, the fight, the spirit was there.

‘But unfortunately for us, we didn’t quite have the quality moments that we did get into the final four many times in the second half, but we didn’t take advantage of those moments.’