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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 3 (setup 2, season 18)
Arsenal
v.
Torquay United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
Damián 'Emiliano' MARTÍNEZ71David BUTTON
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
Takehiro TOMIYASU82Joshua BRENET
NUNO Albertino Varela TAVARES3Matt RITCHIE
Granit XHAKA47Kellyn ACOSTA
Rob HOLDING5John Anthony BROOKS
Auston TRUSTY6Steve COOK
FÁBIO Daniel Ferreira VIEIRA76John SWIFT
Emile SMITH ROWE78Reiss NELSON
Folarin BALOGUN797Vincent JANSSEN
Ainsley MAITLAND-NILES106Isaac HAYDEN
Marcus Vinícius Oliveira Alencar, MARQUINHOS11Andre GRAY
Manager
Charlie PATINO12Harry TOFFOLO
Jack BUTLAND13Joe WILDSMITH
Lino da Cruz SOUSA14Kevin DIKS
Tyreece JOHN-JULES15Jordan TURNBULL
Jack HENRY-FRANCIS16Martin OLSSON

Arsenal 3 Torquay United 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 30,601, Stadium: Emirates Stadium, Referee: Darren DEADMAN 6½)
5 Balogun, 23 Nuno Tavares, 86 Smith RoweScorers76 Ritchie
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
1Corners2
12Fouls25
3Offsides1
3Shots on4
9Shots off5
12Total shots9
0Shots saved3
57%Possession43%
Man of the match: Takehiro TOMIYASU
5GOAL!! A neat one-two left BALOGUN clear and he made no mistake by instinctively chipping the ball past the oncoming Torquay United 'keeper. (1-0 Arsenal)
7GRAY beat XHAKA and placed the ball to JANSSEN who pulled his shot wide.
14A poor shot from GRAY bounced agonisingly wide.
18MAITLAND-NILES made space on the left and pulled the ball to BALOGUN who rasped the ball wide.
19SMITH ROWE chipped the ball to NUNO TAVARES who touched it wide.
23GOAL!! A shot from NUNO TAVARES bobbled through a ruck of players and rolled past the unsighted BUTTON. (2-0 Arsenal)
33NUNO TAVARES headed the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area.
35HAYDEN's shot was well saved by MARTÍNEZ.
36A lovely effort from SMITH ROWE scraped the woodwork.
38A cross from SMITH ROWE left MAITLAND-NILES in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
40GRAY clipped the ball through a ruck of players but MARTÍNEZ was a match for it as he dived to his left.
44A penalty box meleé resulted in NUNO TAVARES tapping a low shot wide.
 
54COOK beat three Arsenal players and slammed an effort over.
55SMITH ROWE shot over.
59A accurate pass fell to GRAY and his looping shot floated narrowly wide.
67A delightful shot from RITCHIE was dealt with by a fine block from MARTÍNEZ.
69SMITH ROWE rattled an easy chance past the lefthand post.
74COOK ran onto a great ball from NELSON but fumbled his shot wide.
76GOAL!! A thirty yard free-kick was expertly drove into the net by RITCHIE. (2-1 Arsenal)
79A free-kick from HOLDING went over the bar.
86GOAL!! A block from the Torquay United 'keeper enabled SMITH ROWE to chip the ball into the empty net. (3-1 Arsenal)