🚨 Arteta: “I went to some of the players and told them: I'm sorry, but I'll be picking the same lineup against Fulham”.
“They said to me: Boss! We're here whenever you need us, and then they hugged me”.
FT Chelsea 1 #LUFC 0
The club that has spent £2.233 billion the last 3 seasons; and spent a large chunk of this Wembley semi-final theatrically throwing themselves to the floor won.
Chelsea were resurgent after their ‘supply teacher’ was relieved of his job. Turned out it was the worst time to play Chelsea who showed none of the quality their riches deserved.
Leeds changed tactics at HT and switched to a back four and caused the London club massive problems. To combat this, Robert Sanchez got an “injury” and the whole Chelsea team went over for a team talk.
The Blues were suddenly much more composed after that.
Leeds didn’t do enough to earn a place in the Final despite being hampered by a referee who fell for Chelsea’s theatrics at every turn and allowed them to snuff any momentum Leeds had started to build up over the match.
Another visit to Wembley, still not seen Leeds score.