Chelsea beat Arsenal 2-0 to ease into the quarterfinals of the League Cup on
Tuesday, barely 48 hours after a dramatic Premier League win over fellow title
challengers Manchester City.Of the players who kicked off for Chelsea against their London rivals at the Emirates Stadium, only one -
Gary Cahill - was in the starting line-up for Sunday's match.
While Arsenal also fielded a team featuring few first-choice players, Chelsea were able to draft in a string of top notch internationals.
Spain's Juan Mata and Cesar Azpilicueta made their presence felt with a goal each, while Brazilians David Luiz and Willian also stepped up after starting on the bench on Sunday.
Wenger, whose team lead the Premier League with Chelsea two points behind them in second place, played down suggestions that his squad lacked similar depth.
The Frenchman pointed to injuries which have sidelined three of his top attacking players - Theo Walcott, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlaine and Lukas Podolski.
"If you put them in, I think you have a completely different position in the team."It is now afact that after 10 competetive matches Wenger has not beaten Mourinho before...
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