Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player. The young Gunners - who had ousted Ipswich from the competition last month - took the lead after 10 minutes when James Olayinka's helped Joel Lopez's shot in from the edge of the box. Chelsea's chances of gaining a foothold in the game then took a significant hit when Xavier Mbuyamba was sent off as the last man for pulling Mika Bierith to ground as he rampaged forward down the left flank.
However, they did pull level just three minutes being reduced to 10 men, when Jayden Wareham scored a superb solo effort, having seized on a mistake, run through the middle of the park and fired past home goalkeeper Karl Hein.
Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers is hoping his players will bounce back quickly from losing on penalties to Liverpool in the quarterfinals of the League Cup. More injuries were sustained in the process — striker Jamie Vardy played the last 20 minutes with a tight hamstring while defenders Caglar Soyuncu and Ricardo Pereira were forced off — which does not make the task any easier against the champions. Leicester has a decent recent record against City, with two wins in the last four meetings.
Norwich manager Dean Smith is again dealing with coronavirus concerns, with the last-place club waiting on PCR results to determine who will be available having seen the previous game at West Ham called off.
Milot Rashica groin is not yet back in contention, while Mathias Normann pelvis is set for an extended spell on the sidelines. Arsenal is expected to be without foward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for a fifth consecutive match following recent internal disciplinary action. Arsenal strikers Alexandre Lacazette and Eddie Nketiah, who have scored nine goals between them this season, are out of contract next summer and free to talk to overseas clubs in January.
Arsenal travels to Norwich in fourth place with Emile Smith Rowe its leading scorer this season with eight goals in all competitions. We did allow a number of half-chances to be created but nothing that really tested Sharman-Lowe in goal. On the stroke of the hour mark, we created a fantastic opportunity to level the scoring for the second time in the game.
Substitute Dion Rankine beat his man on the outside and dinked a lovely cross to the far post, where Vale came flying in for a header which dropped agonisingly wide. Almost immediately after this, the dangerous Hutchinson found himself on the right-hand side and after jinking his way towards goal he bent a curled effort beyond Sharman-Lowe.
Our 10 men were putting in a hard shift but were looking jaded and the north London outfit took advantage by adding a fourth. Following a cutback into the box, substitute Marcelo Flores was on hand to sweep home. It was great to see our boys not give up and still attempt to compete and we were almost rewarded as a Charlie Webster cross was floated into the back post but with a man applying pressure, Haigh could only divert his header wide.
The Gunners could have had a fifth as Flores rounded our keeper and smashed an effort on goal, though Simons expertly headed over the bar. Another of the Arsenal substitutes, Khayon Edwards, then drew a great save from the busy Sharman-Lowe as he could not convert despite being one-on-one with our keeper. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Recent Posts. Eden Hazard 'open' to Chelsea transfer return as Marina Granovskaia hints at swap deal. Sports News 8 hours ago. Sports News 12 hours ago.
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