In the third round of the League Cup, the “Arsenal” team faced the 19th-placed team of the third-tier strong league, “Port Vale,” on their home ground. This was reported by Euro-football.ru.
The “Gunners” controlled the game, but both teams created few chances. In the eighth minute of the match, Gabriel Martinelli made an accurate pass near the left wing to his teammate.
Myles Lewis-Skelly advanced the ball with a technical move, then Eberechi Eze placed the ball into the right lower corner of the goal and opened the scoring. Ben White made a forward pass, but Ethan Nwaneri, shooting from the right midfield, could not find the target in the far corner.
Eze also came close to scoring again in a one-on-one situation with the goalkeeper, but the opposing goalkeeper saved the ball. Only in the 76th minute did “Port Vale” come close to scoring for the first time.
“Arsenal” lost the ball in their own half, Devante Cole took a long-range shot, but the ball went over the goal. Viktor Dykersh dribbled past one defender from the right corner and took a shot, but the defender blocked the ball.
Then, from the penalty area, Arsenal’s substitute Leandro Trossard scored into the left lower corner, making the score 2:0. Thus, “Arsenal” advanced to the next round without any difficulties.
The final score of the match: “Port Vale” 0, “Arsenal” 2. Goal scorers: Eberechi Eze 8th minute, Leandro Trossard 86th minute.
The match took place at the “Vale Park” stadium.
