{"id":292743,"date":"2023-09-27T21:34:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T21:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=292743"},"modified":"2023-09-27T21:34:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T21:34:43","slug":"brentford-0-1-arsenal-gunners-advance-in-the-carabao-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/brentford-0-1-arsenal-gunners-advance-in-the-carabao-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Brentford 0-1 Arsenal: Gunners advance in the Carabao Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"
Aaron Ramsdale was reduced to fist-pumps on the bench reacting to team-mate David Raya last weekend \u2014 but last night, a flurry of his quality saves spurred Arsenal to the Carabao Cup\u2019s fourth round.<\/p>\n
Mikel Arteta, as expected, rang out the changes, which included a start for Ramsdale. To the backdrop of \u2018You\u2019re just a s**t David Raya\u2019 chants from behind the goal, the goalkeeper pulled out a sensational diving save on 66 minutes to deny Brenford\u2019s Yoane Wissa.<\/p>\n
The ball had been arrowing into the corner before his intervention. A fist-pump to those home supporters came out.<\/p>\n
Minutes later, he parried away Frank Onyeka\u2019s strike. It followed Reiss Nelson\u2019s first-half strike after just eight minutes.<\/p>\n
Emile Smith Rowe made his first start of the season \u2014 a 100th appearance for the club \u2014 while Charles Sagoe Jr was awarded his Arsenal debut.<\/p>\n
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Arsenal reached the fourth round of the Carabao Cup with a narrow victory against Brentford<\/p>\n
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Arsenal wasted no time getting out of the blocks with Reiss Nelson putting them ahead early<\/p>\n
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Aaron Ramsdale made a number of key saves on his return to the starting XI on Wednesday<\/p>\n
The Gunners were in front after a catalogue of errors. Zanka, under pressure, blindly passed backwards into the path of Eddie Nketiah, who raced to the byline.<\/p>\n
His cross went straight through Nathan Collins, who should\u2019ve intercepted it, and Nelson coolly finished into the corner.<\/p>\n
Wissa scuppered Brentford\u2019s best chance of the first half, finding himself alone on the edge of the box from Christian Norgaard\u2019s incisive low cross.<\/p>\n
Wissa blasted it wide. He ought to have scored.<\/p>\n
Smith Rowe showed glimpses of why fans have been calling for him to feature this campaign, dribbling past a couple of defenders before his shot was blocked by keeper Mark Flekken\u2019s foot on the line.<\/p>\n
Upon the restart, the Bees had improved. In fairness, they could not have been any flatter in the first period.<\/p>\n
Yet in the second, they ignited. In the space of six minutes, three goalbound shots had been blocked away.<\/p>\n
It was Wissa\u2019s on 66 minutes that so nearly crept in, only for Ramsdale to deny it.<\/p>\n
Nelson should have stuck a second before the end, firing wide from a Kai Havertz cross, but in the end, just the one was enough.<\/p>\n
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Ivan Toney, who has been linked with a January move to Arsenal, watched on from behind the bench<\/p>\n
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Ramsdale was brought in for David Raya and had a hairy moment with Yoane Wissa but did well to stop the Brentford forward from working a chance on goal<\/p>\n
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Brentford’s Nigerian midfielder Frank Onyeka battles for possession with Arsenal’s Nelson<\/p>\n
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Thomas Frank played a strong side against the Gunners but they couldn’t find a way back<\/p>\n
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Vitaly Janelt and Christian Norgaard react following their narrow Carabao Cup exit<\/p>\n
Brentford:<\/span> Flekken, Collins, Pinnock, Jorgensen (Ajer 82), Roerslev (Ghoddos 63),\u00a0 Onyeka (Lewis-Potter 79), Norgaard (Jensen 63), Janelt, Hickey (Olakigbe 79), Wissa, Mbeumo\u00a0<\/p>\n Subs: Strakosha, Yarmolyuk, Olakigbe, Brierley, Balcombe<\/p>\n Booked: Wissa\u00a0<\/p>\n Arsenal:<\/span> Ramsdale, Tomiyasu, Gabriel, White (Zinchenko 69), Kiwior, Havertz, Jorginho, Smith Rowe (Odegaard 82), Nelson (Elneny 82), Nketiah (Cedric 87), Sagoe Junior (Jesus 68)<\/p>\n Subs: Hein, Lannin-Sweet, Cozier-Duberry, Walters<\/p>\n Goal: Nelson 8<\/p>\n Booked: White, Nketiah<\/p>\n