I wonder how much Emery ever wants to win these matches. Citeh and Chelsea (and Liverpool) can play weakened teams with lots of kids and they still want to go out and win. We do it and the few senior players picked seemed peed off and the kids don't step up to try to impress.
Although unfair on Emery, it has been a reoccurring thing since we started to play "weakened" teams in the cup.