Arsenal Beat Leicester 2-0 To Move Into EFL Cup 4th Round

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Arsenal brought their winning form from the Premier League into the Carabao Cup

A Christian Fuchs own goal and Eddie Nketiah's poked finish gave Arsenal victory over Leicester City and set up a potential Carabao Cup fourth-round tie against Liverpool.

There was little Fuchs could do as Nicolas Pepe's angled effort hit him after coming off the post and went in.

Nketiah settled the tie in the closing stages, stabbing in after fine work from substitute Hector Bellerin.

Earlier, City's James Maddison hit the post on his first start of 2020-21.

Arsenal will play Liverpool in round four if the Premier League champions beat League One Lincoln on Thursday.

More to follow.

How Wednesday's EFl Cup action unfolded

Line-upsMatch StatsLive Text

Line-ups

Leicester

12Ward18Amartey5Morgan28Fuchs33Thomas20Choudhury32Dewsbury-Hall Substituted forPérezat 76'minutes11Albrighton10Maddison Substituted forPraetat 72'minutes7Gray14Iheanacho

Substitutes

2Justin8Tielemans15Barnes17Pérez26Praet34Knight35Jakupovic

Arsenal

1Leno16Holding23David Luiz31Kolasinac15Maitland-Niles28Willock Substituted forCeballosat 78'minutes25ElnenyBooked at 13mins7Saka Substituted forBellerínat 87'minutes19Pépé30Nketiah24Nelson Substituted forWillianat 72'minutes

Substitutes

2Bellerín4Saliba8Ceballos9Lacazette12Willian13Rúnarsson34Xhaka

Match Stats

Live Text

Match ends, Leicester City 0, Arsenal 2.

Second Half ends, Leicester City 0, Arsenal 2.

Goal! Leicester City 0, Arsenal 2. Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.

Substitution, Arsenal. Héctor Bellerín replaces Bukayo Saka.

Attempt missed. Dennis Praet (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ayoze Pérez.

Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Dani Ceballos.

Attempt missed. Ayoze Pérez (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Marc Albrighton with a cross following a set piece situation.

Foul by Willian (Arsenal).

Hamza Choudhury (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Kelechi Iheanacho.

Substitution, Arsenal. Dani Ceballos replaces Joseph Willock.

Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Daniel Amartey.

Attempt blocked. Joseph Willock (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Substitution, Leicester City. Ayoze Pérez replaces Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.

Attempt missed. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Marc Albrighton with a cross.

Attempt saved. Demarai Gray (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luke Thomas.

Attempt blocked. Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rob Holding.

Substitution, Arsenal. Willian replaces Reiss Nelson.

Substitution, Leicester City. Dennis Praet replaces James Maddison.