Chelsea can follow in Arsenal's footsteps as Manchester City win keeps quadruple hopes alive
After Manchester City swept aside Danish champions FC Copenhagen to reach the last eight of the men's Champions League this week, talk quickly turned to the prospect of Pep Guardiola's side securing an unprecedented double treble.
Less than 24 hours later, Liverpool's Europa League demolition of Sparta Prague kept alive hopes of crowning Jurgen Klopp's final season at Anfield with a quite remarkable quadruple. However, the Reds are not the only English team still in the hunt for four trophies this term, with everyone at Kingsmeadow also bidding to ensure Emma Hayes' Chelsea swansong ends on a memorable note.
The Blues edged past Manchester City on Thursday night to book their place in the last two of the Continental League Cup. Later this month, they will travel to Molineux Stadium to take on Arsenal in a repeat of last season's final, which the Gunners won by three goals to one at Selhurst Park.
While cynics may be right to question the virtues of a competition that allows any side competing in Europe to entirely bypass the group stages — with Hayes herself calling for it to be scrapped entirely — Chelsea will want to exact revenge on their London rivals and set the tone for what could be an historic end to the season.
It will be the fifth time in as many years the Blues have reached the Conti Cup's showpiece fixture but they have not won the trophy since 2021. Wrestling it back from Arsenal's clutches will very much be at the forefront of Chelsea minds when the two teams go head to head in the West Midlands on March 31.
«I'm sure everyone has that little bit more in them for Emma,» Lauren James, whose early strike saw Chelsea topple City at the Joie Stadium, told BBC Sport. «We just take each game as it comes and we know
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