Mansfield Town did what was expected, giving it a real go at home against a much changed Arsenal Had they finished better, they could have struck first. They pushed us hard but got back in a timely way when they lost the ball. We started two 16 year olds (Dowman and Salmon) and they did OK, except for the wayward pass from Salmon that led to Mansfield's equalizer. Trossard was in midfield and was having a mediocre game, then went down with some sort of injury and was replaced. Martinelli started and was poor. Jesus started and was even worse. Havertz was fine. Norgaard did well. Mosquera was not great. Calafiori did well but went down with what looked like a hamstring strain. We played in an unfamiliar 3-4-2-1 formation with a few players who seldom start for us, so looked quite disjointed. Two powerful strikes from Madueke and Eze were blasted into the upper right corner, and Mansfield got their own super strike past Kepa (should he have done better?) under pressure and into the lower right corner. On to the quarters!
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