Arsenal vs Chelsea player ratings: Mesut Ozil and Granit Xhaka shine but Victor Moses struggles

We run the rule over the two teams

Granit Xhaka celebrates his winning goal (Getty)

Arsenal fought back from a goal down against old foes Chelsea to reach the League Cup final as Granit Xhaka poked home to complete a 2-1 second-leg win on Wednesday that set up a Wembley showdown with Manchester City.

Nothing separated the sides after the semi-final's first leg at Stamford Bridge ended goalless two weeks ago, but the stalemate was swiftly broken as Chelsea took the lead through Eden Hazard after seven minutes at the Emirates Stadium.

Yet question marks about Arsenal's steel in the face of adversity were swept away as they levelled five minutes later through a fortuitous Antonio Rudiger own goal before they turned the match on its head.

Midfielder Xhaka turned predator 15 minutes after halftime to finish from close range and Arsenal stayed rock-solid at the back for the rest of the game to set up an enticing final against Premier League leaders City on February 25.

Here’s Miguel Delaney’s match report from the Emirates Stadium and here are five things Luke Brown learned from the contest.

Check the gallery above to see how we rated the two teams. Agree with our ratings? Disagree? Let us know in the comments below.