Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta has described qualifying for the Carabao Cup final as the best vitamins for the team. The Gunners registered a 1-0 win against Chelsea in the second-leg semifinal at the Emirates Stadium to earn an aggregate win of 4-2.

Substitute Kai Havertz scored in the 97th minute to seal the win against the Blues. Arsenal have booked their spot in a major cup final for the first time in six years.

“We’re only one match away,” Arteta told a news conference. “It’s the best vitamins that we can put in our bodies because we’re playing every three days. But the fact that we worked so hard to achieve those moments and to have these moments together is just magical.

“You can see the joy, the smiles, the energy from everyone that works at the club. Winning helps in every sense. Confidence, energy, you call it. We’re going to be there in a few weeks, we’ll prepare well.

“In the meantime, we know that we need to just put it aside because three days later we’re going to have a massive game here in the Premier League [against Sunderland].”

The Spanish coach showered praise on Havertz after he scored the winning goal in the stoppage time.

“Not only me, I think everybody that knows Kai a little bit, we feel genuinely happy for him in a special way because he deserves the best,” Arteta said. “The way he works, the way he treats people, the way he behaves every single day.

“Today was a special moment for him and I hope that he enjoyed it because he fully deserves it.”

Arsenal will next take on Sunderland at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday.