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OLIVER HOLT AT STAMFORD BRIDGE: In the build-up‚ everything went beautifully. Liam Rosenior‚
Chelsea's new coach‚ s
tared out from the front cover of the programme for this
Carabao Cup semi-final first leg against
Arsenal‚ looking thoughtful and studious and confident in a smart jacket and a casual shirt on the occasion of his first match in charge at
Stamford Bridge. If body language is important‚ then Rosenior struck all the right notes. As his players walked back to the tunnel after their pre-match warm-up‚ Rosenior was waiting for them on the touchline‚ shaking hands with every one of the squad as they passed him‚ and his backroom staff‚ too. Then‚ when the stadium joined in a minute's applause for former
Chelsea left-back Eddie McCreadie‚ who died this week‚ Rosenior beckoned all the substitutes to join him and his staff on the touchline to pay tribute to a legend of the club.