Wednesday night was a good night for Arsene Wenger and Arsenal.

The Gunners boss was in a happy mood after his side saw off Chelsea to reach the Carabao Cup final, battling back from a goal down to win 2-1 on aggregate thanks to an own goal from Blues defender Antonio Rudiger and the winner on the hour mark from Granit Xhaka.

Wenger - who has never won the League Cup during his 22 years in north London - will now be plotting how to beat Manchester City in the final next month, but he still found time to perfectly sum up life at Arsenal after the full-time whistle.

Rudiger headed into his own net to give Arsenal an equaliser (
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Xhaka popped up with the winner (
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Leading to a delighted Wenger (
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In the same week that the Frenchman claimed that the likes of Liverpool and Tottenham get away with less criticism than the Gunners do , Wenger was in a jovial mood at the end of the game.

"I have the right sometimes to have a small sense of humour even though I am not very talented at it," he told the post-match press conference.

Then, smiling, he came up with the perfect: "Somebody once told me at Arsenal you’re five minutes away from a crisis. No. Three."

We thought it wasmore like two, to be honest.

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