India, Jan. 16 -- Arsenal scored two goals off errors by goalkeeper Robert Sanchez to set up a 3-2 win at Chelsea in the first leg of the English League Cup semifinals on Wednesday. A corner sailed over Sanchez in the seventh minute, allowing Ben White to head into an unguarded net, before the Spanish keeper let a low cross squirm through his grasp to gift Viktor Gyokeres a tap-in in the 49th.

Substitute Alejandro Garnacho pulled a goal back but Martin Zubimendi restored Arsenal's two-goal cushion by slotting home a finish in the 70th. Garnacho's second goal - in the 83rd - gave Chelsea a lifeline ahead of the second leg on Feb. 3 at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium. Still, Mikel Arteta's team is the favorite to advance to the March 22 final a...