Eddie Nketiah Scores Again As Arsenal Beat Leicester In Carabao Cup

An own goal from Christian Fuchs and late strike from Eddie Nketiah secured Arsenal a 2-0 win against Leicester to book their place in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup.

Despite the Foxes making 11 changes and the Gunners making seven, it was an entertaining first half with Danny Ward making several good saves.

Bernd Leno was also called into action to save Kelechi Iheanacho's snap shot and he was grateful to see James Maddison's cheeky chip from the edge of the box hit the post and rebound into his arms.

Mikel Arteta's side should have been awarded a penalty when the impressive Bukayo Saka was brought down by a clumsy challenge from Daniel Amartey. And the Spaniard will feel his side should have led when Reiss Nelson fired a shot wide following a corner.

The hosts were again the brighter side after the break and broke the deadlock when Nicolas Pepe's shot was well saved, hit the post and ricocheted into the net off Fuchs.

Brendan Rodgers, who gave Jamie Vardy the night off, saw his side continue to be wasteful in front of goal with substitute Ayoze Perez heading over from close range.

And in the dying minutes Nketiah, who netted the winner against West Ham at the weekend, added a second for Arsenal and set up a fourth-round clash with Liverpool or Lincoln next week.