Match Recap
- Arsenal beat Port Vale 2-0 in the third round of the Carabao Cup.
- Eberechi Eze scored his first goal for Arsenal, opening his account in the 8th minute.
- His goal came via a composed finish after a clever pass combination: Gabriel Martinelli and Myles Lewis-Skelly played a role in setting it up. (
- Later in the match, Leandro Trossard added a second goal to seal the result.
- Despite dominating possession (reportedly over 80 %) and expected control, Arsenal had to work for it against a compact Port Vale defense.
- Arsenal’s manager Mikel Arteta praised Eze’s performance but emphasized that there’s more to come, that Eze still needs to fully settle into the team and understand timings with his teammates.
- Eze himself described the moment as “special”.