Kai Havertz scores again...
Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show
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🗓️ 4 February 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Amy Lawrence and Art de Roché join Ian Stone to discuss Arsenal’s 1-0 win against Chelsea in the Carabao Cup semi-final second leg to book their place at Wembley.
The panel reflect on the celebrations after Havertz’s last minute goal, the impressive defensive unit, whether Arteta will choose Kepa or Raya for the final, the performances of Rice and Martinelli, if Arsenal should’ve had a penalty, the significance of winning the game and looking ahead to the final.
Plus, they touch on Mikel Merino’s injury, audition some listener player chants, look ahead to Sunderland on Saturday at Emirates Stadium and we hear from Victor in North London for this week’s instalment of ‘Up Your Arsenal’.
Producer: Robby Williams
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:03.3 | The only way to score is of course to play |
| 0:10.0 | with a handbreak-off. |
| 0:14.6 | Hello I'm Ian Stone, this is Handbrake-Off, |
| 0:16.6 | the Arsenal podcast, brought to you by The Athletic. |
| 0:19.8 | We're going to chat about Arsenal's one-nil win against Chelsea, the Emirates that took us back to Wembley for the Carabelle Cup final. I'm joined by Amy Lawrence and Art de Roche. Morning. Good morning. Good morning. And it is a good morning, in it? It is a good morning, first cup final since 2020. and first cup final where people would actually be able to go, which is pretty nice as well, |
| 0:40.4 | as opposed to watch it in a poll. a good morning first cup final since 2020 and first cup final where people will be actually be able to go |
| 0:38.5 | which is pretty nice as well as opposed to watch it in a pub quietly well we're not meant to be |
| 0:45.0 | during the middle of the pandemic and i know you've seen john terry's video clip in front of what i must say |
| 0:51.7 | was a very nice teller he's got himself there but then you know i know, I guess he can afford it. If you haven't seen it, John Terry is watching the last two minutes of the game last night, basically willing them on. We've got to score. We've got, oh, I think, come on, boys, all this, right? And then, obviously, we break down the other end. Trossard to rice, to have a, |
| 1:11.8 | to round the goalkeeper, cue celebrations and pandemonium. And, uh, all you get in the |
| 1:17.5 | video is John Terry's plaintive voice going, got to be offside. Surely, it's got to be |
| 1:22.0 | off side, right, as he tails off. Absolutely unbelievably, beautifully embarrassing. |
| 1:28.3 | Have you ever catastrophically embarrassed yourself? |
| 1:30.7 | Amy, I'm going to go to art first because I feel your answer might be longer than arts. |
| 1:34.5 | I mean, I just, I mean, I'm sure art has. |
| 1:37.5 | I'm thinking this is five aside art. |
| 1:40.0 | Oh, I probably have, but I just can't. |
| 1:43.7 | Actually, yeah, let's go with five a side on. |
| 1:47.5 | You jogged my memory last year. |
| 1:50.1 | Everyone was going on about how no one's got a header. |
| 1:53.4 | Yeah, and on one evening, I was tracking back, the ball's bouncing, bounce at bouncing. |
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