Arsenal struggle to beat Mansfield Town and are already in the quarterfinals of the FA Cup

He Arsenal left One Call Stadium alive of Mansfield and will play the quarterfinals of this edition of the FA Cup. The team led by Mikel Arteta consummated his pass to the next round before one of the ‘Cinderellas’ who were still alive in the KO tournament. And not without suffering. Madueke put the Londoners ahead at the end of the first half and Eze neutralized, already in the second half, Will Evans’ tying goal when leaving the locker room.

Dowman began warning for Arsenal with a one-on-one that ended up wasted after a great intervention down by Liam Roberts, Mansfield Town goalkeeper. The locals did not allow themselves to be intimidated by Arteta’s men and they quickly turned on Kepa’s goal. In fact, they had up to three chances in just two minutes to have gone ahead on the scoreboard. Kepa thwarted Reed’s shot from the edge of the box and, on the subsequent play, Oates touched the right post with a slanted shot from the left.

He Arsenal took good account of this and, from the 15th minute, took the match into their control. Arteta’s men carried the weight of the chances until the break. Dowman missed a couple, as did Martinelli who lacked aim during the first half.

Hincapié came in for Trossard who left injured in the 38th minute. A change, a priori, defensive that ended up having an effect on Arteta a few minutes later. And it is that Maduekewho had previously warned with a shot from long distance, He brought down the local wall with a whip from the front that slipped into the right corner of the goal of Roberts. Mansfield Town tried to equalize with a header from Akins that went high just before the referee signaled for half-time.

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Nigel Clough, coach of the locals and son of the legendary Brianintroduced a modification to the break that was very important in the following minutes. Will Evanswho came on to replace Tyler Roberts, only took five minutes to make a difference for Mansfield Town. He attacker brought the tie to the scoreboard after a great individual play in which he got rid of Mosquera and beat like a charm in the one-on-one against Kepa. It completely enraged One Call Stadium, aware of the feat that could be accomplished.

It didn’t take long for Arteta to add fuel to the fire. The Basque introduced both Timber and Eze. Another modification that, like on the opposite side, also ended up giving results. He Former Crystal Palace player took four minutes to tip the balance again in favor of Arsenal with a za shot from the front that ended up entering the right corner of Mansfield Town’s goal.

Con 1-2 on the scoreboard, the locals began to abuse direct play to try to equalize the match. This caused countless counter opportunities for the Gunners that ended up in borage water. Arteta was also forced to put Saka in on the grass due to the short margin that Arsenal had on the scoreboard. Calafiori, already in the final stretch of the match, also had to be substituted due to injury just like Trossard in the first half.

Las interruptions took over the final stretch of a match that had more emotion than football. Finally, Mansfield Town could not equalize the contest against an Arsenal that could have extended the lead long before the opening whistle.