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Arsene Wenger reveals he sat next to his gardener last time he served a touchline ban at Stamford Bridge... as he prepares to watch from the stands again at Chelsea in Carabao Cup clash

Arsene Wenger ended up sitting next to his gardener at Chelsea last season but insists all is not rosy when it comes to watching from the stands.

Wenger will serve the second of a three-match touchline ban when Arsenal face Chelsea in the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final, an experience he is not unfamiliar with at Stamford Bridge.

He watched on from the stands there as part of another suspension in February last year and bumped into an unusual spectator.

Arsene Wenger will serve the second match of a three-game touchline ban on Wednesday

'I sat next to a guy who says "hello, how are you?