Arsenal vs Crystal Palace LIVE: Carabao Cup quarter-final reaction as Jesus hat-trick sends Gunners through
Arsenal 3-2 Crystal Palace: Three composed finishes from the Brazilian complete comeback win at the Emirates
Arsenal beat Crystal Palace 3-2 at the Emirates on Wednesday night to book their place in the Carabao Cup semi-finals.
A much-changed Arsenal side got off to the worst possible start when Jakub Kiwior’s mistake allowed Jean-Philippe Mateta to surge through and slot past David Raya within four minutes.
The hosts dominated much of the rest of the half, though they couldn’t fashion any clear openings, and Mikel Arteta brought on Martin Odegaard for the second half – a decision that paid off almost straight away, as the Norwegian threaded a brilliant pass to Gabriel Jesus to chip past Henderson.
The hosts continued to dominate from there, with Bukayo Saka slipping his own through ball to Jesus, who duly rifled in for 2-1.
The Brazilian wasn’t finished there though, latching onto an Odegaard through ball to power in his third of the night and the eventual winner, as the Gunners completed a remarkable turnaround and held off a late fightback from Palace.
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Arsenal 3-2 Crystal Palace
96 mins
Raya punches away the corner, Palace waste a long pass up to the box, and that could be that.
Arsenal 3-2 Crystal Palace
95 mins
Nketiah does well to chase the ball down and he wins a corner off Saliba.
Palace are piling men into the box - even Henderson is up...
Arsenal 3-2 Crystal Palace
94 mins
It’s a scrappy ending to the game, with Arsenal just trying to make it difficult for Palace to put anything together in attack. It’s working at the moment - will there be time for another Palace chance?
Arsenal 3-2 Crystal Palace
92 mins
Some relief around the Emirates as Raya pounces on a loose ball, though there are still three minutes left.
Arsenal 3-2 Crystal Palace
90 mins
Arsenal waste the free-kick, with Jesus choosing to go into the corner to waste time, but he loses it and Palace counter. It’s played to Nketiah in the box, but he’s dragged wide and his cutback is cleared.
There’ll be five minutes of added time here.
Arsenal 3-2 Crystal Palace
89 mins
What a game this has turned out to be. Arteta’s subs have been good, though he might be irritated that it came to this.
Chalobah gives away a cheap free-kick near the Palace box, handling it as he went down under the challenge from Merino.
Arsenal 3-2 Crystal Palace
87 mins
Both sides make a late change as Gabriel comes on for Kiwior, while Mitchell comes off for Jeffrey Schlupp for the away side.
GOAL! Arsenal 3-2 Crystal Palace
84 mins
GOAL! Well this could make it interesting.
Nketiah has a goal against his old club, as the cross comes in from the right and he rises highest, powering an inch-perfect header into the top corner!
GOAL! Arsenal 3-1 Crystal Palace
81 mins
GOAL! And Jesus has his hat-trick!
More clever play from the hosts, as Merino slips it through to Odegaard, who is in his own half but spots the run of an unmarked Jesus. The captain plays it into acres of space, with Jesus 1-v-1 having started his run in his own half.
The Brazilian drives into the box and makes no mistake, powering a finish into the far corner for his third of the night.
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