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 0-1 Crystal Palace
17 mins
Palace have been pretty impressive so far, even aside from the goal, and they’re playing with plenty of confidence.
Trossard leads the Arsenal attack but his cross is too tame and it’s easily headed away at the near post.
Arsenal 0-1 Crystal Palace
15 mins
The game has settled more now since the goal, with Arsenal enjoying a lot of possession now. There are still a few lapses of concentration from the hosts though, as illustrated by Partey knocking a pass straight out of play.
Moments later, Jesus gives it away to Sarr, who drives towards the box before hitting a fairly tame effort that Raya parries away from danger.
Arsenal 0-1 Crystal Palace
12 mins
Some good tracking back from Nwaneri prevents Eze potentially starting a very dangerous counter. Timber tries to go long towards Jesus, but there’s too much on it.
The hosts aren’t hesitating to go long so far this evening.
Arsenal 0-1 Crystal Palace
10 mins
Sterling wins it back on the wing before squaring it to Trossard, who fires well over. The hosts do look dangerous when they get forward though.
Arsenal 0-1 Crystal Palace
9 mins
The home fans want a penalty as Tierney’s cross comes off Chalobah’s hand, but the referee waves it away. Remember, no VAR tonight.
From the corner, the ball sneaks through a sea of bodies in the box but Lerma is there to head off the line!
Arsenal 0-1 Crystal Palace
6 mins
Arsenal’s two attempts to get forward since the goal have been disjointed, with the first flagged for offside before Guehi easily shepherds Trossard off the ball.
GOAL! Arsenal 0-1 Crystal Palace
4 mins
GOAL! The away side are ahead out of nowhere!
It’s their first attempt at getting forward, and it’s a long ball from the ‘keeper. It should be easy to deal with but Kiwior makes a real hash of it, completely missing the header and allowing it to run into the path of Mateta, who surges towards goal before tucking in a nice finish across Raya into the far corner.
Arsenal 0-0 Crystal Palace
2 mins
The home side have started on the front foot unsurprisingly, though their first spell of pressure ends with Jesus unable to control a pass.
KICK-OFF! Arsenal 0-0 Crystal Palace
The away side get us underway at the Emirates.
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