JOSE MOURINHO believes the fixture list has hampered Chelsea's bid for Capital One Cup glory - and handed Arsenal an unfair advantage.
The Blues will have just one day's rest before the pair meet at the Emirates tomorrow and Mourinho has suggested the League Cup has been denied a true spectacle between two form sides.
Mourinho said: "We are going to give the game that the people that put the game on Tuesday want.
"If they want a big game, we cannot give the big game.
"If they want the players that were playing (on Sunday), we cannot give them that.
"If they want Arsenal to win a trophy, that's a help, because if they want a big game between two big teams in London, they should put the game on Wednesday and not on Tuesday."