Arsenal beat third-tier Mansfield Town 2-1 to advance to the FA Cup quarter-finals on Saturday after Eberechi Eze scored a second-half winner for the Premier League leaders.
Mikel Arteta named a much-changed side, featuring teenagers Max Dowman and Marli Salmon, as Arsenal became the first Premier League side to start a competitive match with two players aged 16 or under in any competition.
Mansfield fed off a raucous home crowd and created a number of early chances to upset Arsenal, but it was the London club who went 1-0 up when Noni Madueke curled a powerful finish into the far corner.
Mansfield substitute Will Evans took advantage of poor defending to equalize early in the second half, but Arsenal regained the lead when Eze fired a thunderbolt from the edge of the penalty area to silence the crowd at Field Mill.
Published on March 7, 2026
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