The Arsenal u18s received comfortably away to Mansfield City within the third spherical of the FA Youth Cup on Monday evening, establishing a tie in opposition to Manchester Metropolis.
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Arsenal travelled away to Mansfield City on Monday for his or her FA Youth Cup third-round tie with a depleted squad, lacking key gamers like (injured), (injured), (suspended), and (suspended).
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But the sport couldn’t have began higher for the younger Gunners, with crew captain ending off a nook routine with a flick on the close to put up for 1-0 within the twelfth minute.
Mansfield have been rattled, and Arsenal capitalised as was introduced down for a penalty a couple of minutes later. transformed for 2-0 after simply 16 minutes.
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Arsenal needed to wait a short while for a 3rd, with Zecevic-John once more concerned to show residence a deflected clearance simply after the hour mark.
However simply when it appeared like the sport was finished, Mansfield sparked hope of a comeback within the 67th minute as Mace Oldershaw made it 3-1.
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Fortunately, Arsenal regained their three-goal lead straight from kick-off, with ending off a pleasant transfer for 4-1. That’s the way it remained till the full-time whistle, sending the away aspect by to the following spherical.
Arsenal u18 lineup vs Mansfield City
Porter, Hamill, Chapman, Onyekachukwu, Ogunnaike, Murisa, Julienne, Hashi, Bailey-Joseph, Zecevic-John, O’Neill
Substitutes
Thompson (for Zecevic-John, 65), Marciniak (for Hashi, 71), Phillips (for Bailey-Joseph, 90), Ranson, Pedro, Owusu-Gyasi, Stachow
What’s subsequent?
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Arsenal their fourth-round opponents, with the younger Gunners to face Manchester Metropolis away from residence. The match will happen in January, however the precise particulars are but to be confirmed.
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It might hardly get tougher than an away match in opposition to the runaway u18 Premier League North leaders, however a win will surely encourage loads of perception that this could possibly be Arsenal’s 12 months to win the competitors.