Overview
- Sky Sports cameras captured a heated half-time exchange between Declan Rice and assistant coach Albert Stuivenberg during the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg at Stamford Bridge.
- Arsenal defender Gabriel intervened in the tunnel to separate the pair before the teams emerged for the second half.
- The footage spread widely on social media, and a Daily Mail–cited lip reader offered a contested interpretation suggesting Rice used expletives and questioned a staff member’s judgment.
- Mikel Arteta told reporters the matter is "all sorted", and Rice later embraced Stuivenberg after being substituted, with no club disciplinary action reported.
- Attention shifts to Arsenal’s trip to Nottingham Forest in the Premier League, with Arteta stressing momentum and unity in the squad.