Overview
- Sky Sports cameras captured a heated exchange between Declan Rice and assistant coach Albert Stuivenberg in the tunnel at half-time of Arsenal’s 3-2 Carabao Cup semi-final first leg at Stamford Bridge.
- Gabriel Magalhaes intervened between the pair as players and staff headed out for the second half.
- A lip-reading expert, Jeremy Freeman, told the Daily Mail that Rice used expletives and questioned a staff member’s knowledge, though the exact words are unconfirmed.
- Rice and Stuivenberg were later seen embracing after Rice was substituted, suggesting tensions had cooled quickly.
- Mikel Arteta addressed the incident on Friday, saying it was handled internally and is now "all sorted" as Arsenal prepare to face Nottingham Forest.