Arsenal vs Crystal Palace LIVE: Carabao Cup quarter-final response as Jesus hat-trick sends Gunners via
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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As seems to have happened fairly often recently, the next game for these two sides sees them play each other again!
This time, Arsenal travel across the capital to face Palace at Selhurst Park, with that match kicking off at 5.30pm on Saturday, 21 December.
FULL-TIME! Arsenal 3-2 Crystal Palace
Well, what a match that turned out to be in north London.
Arsenal started slowly but eventually their quality shone through, as Odegaard, Saka and Jesus all combined to give the Brazilian a great hat-trick.
Palace fought well at times but they were too disjointed in attack in the end, despite some decent performances across the board.
Arsenal book their place in the semi-finals, and they’ll find out their opponents tomorrow night.
FULL-TIME! Arsenal 3-2 Crystal Palace
FULL-TIME! Arsenal 3-2 Crystal Palace
FULL-TIME! The referee brings the match to an end and Arsenal have booked their place in the Carabao Cup semi-finals!
Arsenal 3-2 Crystal Palace
Raya punches away the corner, Palace waste a long pass up to the box, and that could be that.
Arsenal 3-2 Crystal Palace
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
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
Some relief around the Emirates as Raya pounces on a loose ball, though there are still three minutes left.
Arsenal 3-2 Crystal Palace
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.
