In the third round of the FA Cup, Arsenal hosted Newcastle at the Emirates Stadium. For this poster, Mikel Arteta aligned a 4-2-3-1 with Aubameyang alone in the lead. Steve Bruce was leaning on a 5-4-1 with Andy Carroll at the forefront of the Magpies’ offense. It was not until the 25th to see the first opportunity of the match with Aubameyang whose strike was repelled by Dubravka (25th). Extremely sluggish, the defending champion failed to be surprised by Carroll (56th).
Four minutes later, Aubameyang again ahead of Dubravska’s exit but failed to recover (60th). Very solicited, the doorman of the Magpies illustrated himself on a stung head from Willock (64th). At the end of the match, Andy Carroll thought to open the scoring, but heroic Leno repelled the attempt of the Magpies striker (90 + 2).
The Gunners were pushed to their limits in overtime. In the first moments of extra time, Xhaka with a nice volley once again forced Dubravska to work (94th). A few minutes later, Smith-Rowe opened the scoring for Arsenal with a beautiful cross strike (1-0, 109th). The Magpies let go completely and conceded a second goal in the 117th minute.
Kieran Tierney, a man of the match tonight, dropped a precise cross for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang who shot the Newcastle goalkeeper with the flat of his foot. Final score 2-0 and good qualification for the next round for Mikel Arteta’s men.
