The Arsenal u21s received off to a profitable begin within the EFL Trophy with a comeback victory over Newport County on Tuesday evening.
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The Arsenal u21s performed their first EFL Trophy group stage match on Tuesday, travelling away to Newport County underneath .
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There have been doubts round various gamers being concerned, given Arsenal’s first staff League Cup match towards Port Vale the next day. However while did miss out for that purpose, , , , , and all began.
Ultimately it was a comparatively sturdy Arsenal u21 facet, so it might have been disappointing to new boss Horseman that the staff went 1-0 down inside seconds.
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Lower than two minutes into the match, Ben Lloyd capitalised on a sleepy Arsenal begin to give Newport the lead. However the younger Gunners responded very nicely.
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Harriman-Annous virtually pulled Arsenal degree within the first half, with Newport goalkeeper Jordan Wright clawing his shot off the road on the second try.
Harriman-Annous then gained a penalty early within the second half after a visit by Jaden Warner, however his spot-kick was nicely saved.
Undeterred by the setback, Harriman-Annous then gained one other penalty after an much more blatant foul by Habeeb Ogunneye. This time round, the Arsenal striker discovered the nook for 1-1.
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Substitute virtually discovered the profitable purpose with a whipped shot from the sting of the penalty space. The Gunners ultimately received that winner by Sagoe Jr.’s poked end following an 89th-minute set-piece for 2-1.
“I believe we completely dominated the sport and possibly ought to have scored a pair extra, so actually pleased with the boys tonight,” new boss Horseman afterwards.
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“I assumed we confirmed actual high quality and energy but in addition we solved the issues and had a little bit of character when it was a bit bit tough firstly, it’s only a testomony to the work that’s gone on earlier than this recreation.”
Arsenal u21 lineup vs Newport County
Setford, Nichols, Salmon, Clarke, Washington, Ibrahim, Copley, Dudziak, Ferdinand, Harriman-Annous, Sagoe Jr.
Substitutes
Agustien (for Dudziak, 64), Kamara (for Ferdinand, 64), Hamill (for Nichols, 90+2), Candy (for Harriman-Annous, 90+4), Mitchell, Murisa, Bailey-Joseph
What’s subsequent?
The Arsenal u21s face Derby County away from house within the Premier League 2 on Friday, September twenty sixth at 19:00 BST.
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As a reminder, solely takes cost of the u21s for the EFL Trophy, in addition to main the u19s within the UEFA Youth League. So will probably be again in cost for Friday’s u21 league recreation.