Arsenal 0-5 Chelsea, League Cup 1998

Arsene Wenger opted to rest some of his biggest names for this League Cup tie in November 1998, a decision that backfired spectacularly. This was (and still remains) Arsenal's heaviest ever defeat to Chelsea and their heaviest reverse of any kind for 13 years. It was also Chelsea's first victory at Highbury in their last ten attempts. Clive Tyldesley watched the action unfold.

[@bganonimouse2754]

RIP Gianluca. Never to be forgotten.

[@AbouTaim-Lille]

I remember Chelsea won 5 trophies within 2 years or so in the late 1990s including the cup winners cup against Stuttgart. Chelsea have more European cups than their neighbours before 2004. That proves that the Blues were not just a "humble" team in their history that started in 1905.

[@jamesscannell1531]

True mate

[@MrDeisearsenalfcIRL]

You won three trophies in the late 1990s (FA cup 1997, League cup 1998, Cup Winner's Cup 1998) - and you won fuck all between 1970 and 1997. Stop talking bollocks

[@fathanaqwiya7398]

@@MrDeisearsenalfcIRL still more european trophies than arsenal’s whole history. And this is before the abramovich takeover.

[@MrDeisearsenalfcIRL]

@@fathanaqwiya7398 13-1 league titles in Arsenal's favour before Abramovich

[@simonmaskell365]

@@MrDeisearsenalfcIRL 97 Fa Cup. 98 League Cup. Cup Winners Cup. Super Cup thats 4. Won Fa Cup 2000 and got to Ch Lge QF. When Arsenal winning Ch Lge. Well you have to be in it to win it.

[@sacrens2011]

Whoever thought that this result would be eclipsed, and it wasn't the reserves well there you have it 16 years later and the Blues still have the Gunners number 6-0 lol.

[@bluWolf101PSN]

To the Arsenal fans who tell you Chelsea weren't a team before 2004... show them this video.

[@philyB08]

With players like Wreh and other reserves and youth in the Arsenal side, splashing Bergkamp, Freddie and Wright in there with them doesn't make a good team.

[@TwiddleJones]

+Tiki Talker We may have not won much but we always had loyal support unlike Barca, which is mostly 10 year old messi fanboys such as yourself :)

[@trbd]

cool tell me more about that dirty money

[@rickyjohnson4511]

bluWolf101 For beating an Arsenal reserve team? Yeah that's really impressive chelski

[@morpheusgh6587]

Come on, Before Mourinho came to Chelsea and started the golden era of Chelsea they already had very big names : F. Lampard , J. Terry , Hasselbaenk, Gudjohnsen, Gallas, Makelele, Crespo , Veron, Duff, Babayaro , Cudicini, Joe Cole, Bridge, Gronkjaer , Geremi, Desailly and Zola ... When Mourinho came to Stamford Bridge he signed Cech, Robben , Drogba and brought Carvalho and Ferreira . Hasselbaenk was much better than his replacement Drogba in this first half of 2004-05 season . and you Can't say that Robben was really much better than Gronkjaer at that time. Chelsea glory already started before Mourinho after reaching Champions legue SF.

[@alexchelseafan]

7:00 Gotta love the away fans of Chelsea. Always singing loud and proud!

[@2simpleguanacos465]

That year chelsea won uefa cup and uefa super cup!

[@luispadilla5731]

2simpleguanacos Eufa cup winners cup, eufa super cup and english league cup....

[@jovidbodurkhonov7623]

Inter was the one who won the UEFA Cup that year

[@MrDeisearsenalfcIRL]

Inter Milan won the UEFA Cup in 1998 - Chelsea first won it in 2013

[@turishoferi1473]

@@luispadilla5731 chelsea didnt win winners cup that year. Lazio won it. Chelsea was defeated by mallorca in semi final

[@luispadilla5731]

@@turishoferi1473 Lazio was the last cup winners cups, in 1999... Chelsea won it in 1998...

[@mizofan]

Sheer class won out of course. Chelsea had a fine history and astounding levels of loyal support even before first winning the league in 1955. Success+ support + potential: no wonder Abramovic recognised the best club to invest in

[@hakc97again]

Yeah that 'loyal' support is all made up of far right loyalist scumbags

[@DB-lv1vs]

No history they said!

[@mahirhussain4890]

+young Riley It was a fucking league cup match loooooool

[@V12KILLA]

+Stan Kroenke Get Out Of Our Club yes they do! Shows what you know .. Fuck all....

[@mizofan]

European cup winners cups (one v Real Madrid), FA Cups, Super Cup (beating Real Madrid), league cups, and qualifying for the Champions League- not to be sniffed at, nor is the history of most loyal support; several seasons of biggest attendances even before first winning the league, well over 100,000 v Dynamo Moscow, over 80,000 in the 1st division, and big crowds, such as 55,000, in the old 2nd division in the 70s. It was that loyal support, the success and the obvious potential for more that attracted Abramovic to the great club.

[@elsie3736]

Fan Skylab

[@donaldjnixon-rl3zt]

@mark houghton chelsea no history you mean arsenal no european trophies. Aston villa bigger club then arshit

[@stfuplznoname]

It will happen again next Monday. Hazard (2), Torres(1), Mata(1), and Lampard (1).

[@user-lq3hy4nl4o]

One of my favorite squad for Chelsea with such great players in there

[@dougie-wj8dn]

No matter what year it was, Chelsea always smashed up Arsenal!

[@bigdentonthebear7399]

what about when we won the league twice at the bridge in the 30s ? you stupid mong.

[@bigdentonthebear7399]

@@jerrydelaney6971 pmsl.

[@Keithbarber]

What scrapping and rioting fans ever achieved was just bad publicity for the game and the club

[@Keithbarber]

@Demon 1 could you please give a comprehensible explanation to your comment please

[@jtlampsu2]

@@Keithbarber Rather than stabbing their own fans (Arsenal)?? and that was only a couple of years ago! Chelsea weren't the ONLY rioting fans in the old days, it took two teams & in some cases more, to have a scrap/riot.

[@trbd]

Beat them 6-0 at home Beat them 5-0 at THEIR home

[@bigdentonthebear7399]

we had to play 75 minutes with 10 men in 2014, and 1998, that was our b team, and we won the league twice at the bridge in the 30s you mong.

[@biplopqusquddin2278]

@@bigdentonthebear7399 comparing the 30s to the 90s is like comparing a Ford Model T to a Mustang. Smart ass

[@CoolDude-jp1kj]

@@bigdentonthebear7399 Man said 30s 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@newdelhiman3083]

@@bigdentonthebear7399 Literally why you're a Banter club, you have to go back to when Hitler wasn't even Fuhrer to when you won most of your league titles

[@zty3529]

0-5 at home. That was 1998-99 season. Which team has no history?

[@ky9319]

Boss it was a their reserve team

[@cianoneill86]

Was living in Kilburn at the time great fun laughing at gooners on the way home

[@Thrill_Hou]

The only 5-0 between Arsenal and Chelsea we recognise 🔵⚪️🔵

[@user-zi4ns3fq6m]

The great Vialli will remain in our hearts !!!

[@xsitegaming1]

petrescu our best ever right back, some talent on the ball, oh yeah we only arrived with roman in 2003!!!!!

[@BallersLife]

So, we still have no history I guess. HAHAHAHAAHA!

[@mahirhussain4890]

+Ballers Life It was a league cup match loooool

[@BallersLife]

Mahir Hussain And? It's still Arsenal vs Chelsea mate.

[@mahirhussain4890]

Ballers Life​​ Yes I know, I'm just reading all these comments and it's pretty funny as if a league cup match was the reason Chelsea were brilliant before the money came in. Yes it's Arsenal v Chelsea but we used to always beat you in the 90's to early 2000's so this league cup match is hardly anything to gloat about

[@BallersLife]

Mahir Hussain Lol we still had a decent history before the money. My point is, rivals say we had no history but that's wrong. Of course after the money we become a force, but before that we were hardly shit.

[@mahirhussain4890]

Ballers Life Yh and I agree on that. Yh you are not Liverpool, Villa, Arsenal, Everton and United etc in terms of history and trophies (until now) but even back then you still had a good history just not as big as others. My main point on this is the fact these comments on this video I found hilarious simply because it's a league cup match and you have these Chelsea fans boasting about it and making a reason why they do have history before the money by thrashing us. If it was on the videos of you lot winning the Cup Winners Cup then fair enough, but boasting it on a league cup match seems a bit small time

[@jamiesykes5473]

This team was great! We ripped arsenal to bits in this game...up tha chels

[@RandyDubin]

3:00 Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, A absolute relic in the Premier League that went the way of the dinosaur and the Dodo Bird; A Center Back taking a PK.

[@developer101]

I remember this game. Even though it was Arsenal's B team it was a stunning result especially because it was at Highbury.

[@Wilt7457]

You need to update the header matey boy 6-0 at the bridge!! Ho Ho Ho!

[@GregoriusAP]

Thanks for uploading this. I thought Arsenal were playing with full of youngsters, but there were Bergkamp, Ljungberg, Vivas, Grimandi and Manninger.

[@NassCFC]

I was there! One of the best away days i've been on, we outsang them all game, but to be fair outsinging the Arsenal fans is not the hardest thing. Worst fans in the country.

[@unmastered6154]

+We parked the bus By a mile.

[@Adam-vy6nl]

This was my 2nd ever away game, I was only 9 haha

[@Adam-vy6nl]

***** Says the Arsenal fan.............

[@Adam-vy6nl]

***** I admit our support is shit, but do you?

[@tomcfc1983]

I was there in the away end. only a tenner I think although I was only 14 so long time ago

[@suncured]

oh god the woman who screams behind the goal

[@darthradious7011]

Chelsea - Arsenal 5-0 in 1998. Chelsea - Arsenal 6-0 in 2014. Traditions.

[@chrishinton970]

Arsenal won the league meeting with their first team out 1-0 with Bergkamp netting the winner. I went to both games at Highbury and this was a flipping second string.

[@MrDeisearsenalfcIRL]

Reading the Chelsea fan's comments on here you'd have thought this was the Champions League final

[@kevlawer9934]

Who's that team they call the CHEEELLLLLSEEEAAA ..who's that team we all adore, were the boys in Blue and White and we fight with all our might and were out to show the world the way to score...bring on Tottenham or the Arsenal...lol

[@MrNurdler]

All London club fans of a certain age know Chelsea were a big club with massive away support. As this proves once again Chelsea taking over Highbury. I remember going over there in the late 70s for a League Cup tie and there were more Chelsea in the North Bank than Arsenal.

[@davidgrayromero]

So we had no story before 2004, what a joke!

[@MrDeisearsenalfcIRL]

Congratulations, you beat Arsenal's reserves in the League Cup

[@davidgrayromero]

​@@MrDeisearsenalfcIRL HAHAHA Shame of your little poor club, they didnt win anything since 1886.

[@MrDeisearsenalfcIRL]

@@davidgrayromero 13 league titles and 14 FA cups suggests otherwise

[@miebulu]

There were Bergkamp, Ljungberg in that match !! Poor Arsenal

[@rickclaark8459]

“Chelsea where nothing before abramovic”

[@yaggalimba7994]

Yet we smash Real Madrid in 98

[@sosteenwafula2953]

See the vidio above

[@rickclaark8459]

Sarcasm detectors on point

[@Quincy82AAC]

I miss Highbury. ☹️

[@zty3529]

Chelsea 6-0 Arsenal, when was that?

[@ZuraKhomasuridze]

Someone will say that Chelsea hadn't fans

[@abdallahm96]

Best...Referee Kit...EVER

[@dwad3ify]

Oh the 90's...

[@MrDeisearsenalfcIRL]

The league cup semis earlier the same year were great games

[@amysadler8593]

not very often we went to Highbury and won. Arsenal was our bogey team for ages.

[@lg.anchieta]

CHELSEA POWER!

[@Beefache]

I truly feel for the Arsenal fans in this game. Not because of the result. Just because they're Arsenal fans.

[@sontrinh3105]

04/04/2020 ai còn xem không??? Yêu chelsea từ lúc viali mới chuyển đến...

[@yengjornstornn9322]

Vialli 👏👏👏👏

[@miebulu]

another arsenal biggest defeat

[@deanhillier7867]

These were good times for Chelsea. I was a season ticket holder.

[@shafecabdi9025]

we know who to win arsenal

[@cfcsteve86]

lets hope for more of the same tomorrow

[@jameshickey100]

It was hard man of football back then

[@steevburgess2627]

A Chelsea side full of great characters Vialli, Lebouef, Poyet, Petrescu, Kharine....

[@theculturedthug6609]

Thst was a good Chelsea team. I remember all the players names and I'm not even a Chelsea fan.

[@radioceh]

Néstor Fabián Caballero, aquel olvidado primer paraguayo argentino en firmar para los “Gunners”.

[@t.suryaanditya1845]

Before russian money. Lol

[@user-zo3hq8sb6n]

anditya surya Do you jelous ?

[@oneofus8603]

before russian money there was only a russian goalkeeper! from Russia with gloves... :)

[@zeljkobenkovic1055]

WHERE WERE WE WHEN WE WERE SHIT!!!!

[@MrDeisearsenalfcIRL]

Says Zeljko, from Slovakia, who's probably never stepped foot in London

[@5am-yj5fw]

“Oil money club” “Russian Sugar daddy fc” “Only good because of money” “Chelsea FC born in 2003” Where’s the arsenal fans sayin that now?😂😂😂😂😂😂🤡

[@simonmaskell365]

When Clubs sold players to Chelsea for millions. What did they do with the oil money. If Chelsea had oil money so did the other clubs

[@haikalikal4494]

chelsea till i die

[@hayabusasfightpalace9798]

whilst this was an extraordinary result, it took Chelsea until the 2004 CL Qtr Final to beat Arsenal again lol

[@mackandrew6397]

1998 who can help me the squad ...against arsenal .. Coz BABAYARO,, PRETESCU.., LEBOERF,, DUBERRY ,, POYET,, FLO,, VIALL , ..........

[@redwhiteanddynamiteafc4914]

yeah, with our reserves.

[@user-lj6jp8qp7z]

Didn't know Dennis Bergkamp and Lijunberg were reserves

[@redwhiteanddynamiteafc4914]

@@user-lj6jp8qp7z football is a team sport, not a two player sport.

[@umbungo501]

You were shit , great memory

[@unnamed6609]

@@redwhiteanddynamiteafc4914 It’s a pity to look at you, cheap excuses, you were beaten in that match in the case at your own stadium, Chelsea didn’t play zola, but this didn’t stop Chelsea from scoring five to the arsenal ..

[@football_clips776]

Excuses fc 😂😂😂😂

[@bassreeves1838]

Chelsea owning arsenal for decades & decades lol

[@MrDeisearsenalfcIRL]

Arsenal's 13 league titles and 14 FA cups suggests otherwise.

[@aarav631]

@@MrDeisearsenalfcIRL yea so many league totles and fa cups and still no european trophy and remember 4-1?

[@MrDeisearsenalfcIRL]

@@aarav631 The Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Cup are European trophies muppet

[@Liveforever898]

Back when we were really shit aye ...

[@ferreiracsc]

The blues

[@ihateyoumother-fucker3204]

Arsenal got unlucky that night!!

[@xamzeoomaar1146]

We always beat guners😄😄😄🙃🙃

[@arkadeepsingha7339]

Those who says Chelsea are winning trophies due to russian money watch Chelsea matches before 2003/04

[@kevlawer9934]

EVEN BETTER...ARSENAL ARE BEATING CITY 2-0 AT THE ETIHAD...GOOONERS!!! LOL

[@abdimohamed7428]

Chelsea is bad we beaten them yesterday

[@Martin_Daniel]

Does that referee work in a Bangkok brothel?

[@lijiaming2359]

Somebody said Wenger only did bad in his last two years... Actually, he ruined this club over the 20 years and this video is evidence

[@MrDeisearsenalfcIRL]

Stop talking bollocks, Arsenal won the double in 1998

[@lijiaming2359]

@@MrDeisearsenalfcIRL and didn’t progress the first round of UEFA cup, losing to PAOK 😆

[@P1mpMyBr1de]

Graham Le Sucks!

[@redflag8970]

arsenal played a weakened team for this n went on to do the double. prob could of won all 3 who knows.

[@coopertkm]

No they didn't This was 1998/1999 the season after they won the double.

[@redflag8970]

@@coopertkm i stand corrected

[@redflag8970]

sure they lost to chels in semi 98 tho .

[@coopertkm]

@@redflag8970 Yeah they did. The second leg was Vialli's first game in charge!

[@redflag8970]

@@coopertkm ah ok. nice one