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By winning 5-1 against Championship side Charlton in his first match in charge, Liam Rosenior made the best start a new manager has ever made at Chelsea. After that initial soft landing into the new job, now comes a baptism of fire. Chelsea welcome Arsenal to Stamford Bridge tonight in the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final.

Chelsea are apparently ready to do something for Liam Rosenior that we weren’t willing to do for his predecessor, and try to sign a new defender before the end of the January transfer window!

Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior is expected to field his strongest line-up for the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final against Arsenal.

Liam Rosenior has spoken really well both in his first press conference as Chelsea manager and in his first one on one interview, with Joe Cole on TNT Sport.

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Garnacho’s best performances seem to be off the bench, which isn’t a bad thing. But it would be cool if he could make similar impact when starting. But hey, better than nothing at all, and his brace gives us a bit of hope of pulling off an upset in the second leg at the Emirates in a few weeks’ time. Not a lot of hope, but more than none.

The vote, which got nearly 4,000 responses, closed after Liam Rosenior arrived in London ahead of replacing Enzo Maresca as head coach

Newly installed Chelsea coach Liam Rosenior rejected the notion that Arsenal was "taking the game back in time" by focusing heavily on set plays under Mikel Arteta.

Fabrizio Romano has shared a surprising transfer update involving a Chelsea forward who featured in Liam Rosenior’s debut as manager. While new arrivals are not expected at Stamford Bridge this month,