Being two steps away from clinching silverware has given Arsenal enough motivation for their English Football League Cup semi-final encounter against Chelsea, remarked Gunners boss Mikel Arteta on Tuesday.

“The more you are involved in these kind of games, the better, because it gives you a nudge, it brings the team a different kind of energy. It gives you the sense that the objective is very, very close and that’s a massive motivation for everybody. So we know that we are two games away from playing a final. We have to go game-by-game and the first one is Stamford Bridge,” said the Spaniard.