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What were the key moments in the Arsenal vs Portsmouth FA Cup match?
Gabriel Martinelli scored a hat-trick as Arsenal came from behind to beat Portsmouth comfortably at Fratton Park and progressed to the FA Cup fourth round. After FA Cup shocks involving Wrexham and Macclesfield earlier this weekend, It looked as if the Gunners, who made 10 changes to their starting line-up, could be on the end of another when Colby Bishop put the Championship hosts ahead after three minutes. But Arsenal were only behind for five minutes before Christian Norgard forced the ball in via Portsmouth's Andre Dizel after a trademark Gunners corner to level. That goal settled the visitors down, and they took the lead from another set-piece when Martinelli flicked Noni Madueke's corner into the net after 25 minutes.
Maduke had a chance to add a third from the penalty spot, after he was brought down by Zach Swanson, but the England international dragged the ball wide. Martinelli, who also hit the post and missed a good chance in the first half, added a third, after Gabriel Jesus played a low cross into the area following some quick thinking by Myles Lewis-Skelly and the Brazilian tapped in from close range. Martinelli grabbed his third from another Arsenal corner, when the forward flicked the ball on from the near post and into the net. There was then a piece of history when, at 16 years and 135 days, defender Marley Salmon became the youngest player to feature for the Gunners in the FA Cup.
Yeah, I think the effort levels, the intensity, the desire the boys showed to come here and play against, you know, a top, top side, I thought was excellent. And yeah, you know, we were in the game for large parts of it. Unfortunately, we just fell short towards the back end. But I think, yeah, overall, a really positive afternoon for us. Yeah, really good, you know, that's a massive positive. Not scored in a long time, so for Colby to put himself in that position, I thought the press was really good early on. We won the ball back high up and showed a little bit of quality in and around the box to create the chance.
How did Arsenal respond after going behind early in the game?
So, yeah, really pleased for Colby and Harvey as well, who created the chance. Yeah, we had the choice to make whether we were going to sit off and allow them to play or whether we were going to be aggressive and try and press and get at them. You give something up either way, we probably thought sitting in wasn't right. tactic for us because ultimately they can hurt you either way. In open play obviously Arsenal created a bit towards the end but I thought for the most part we did a really good job of pressing and really good job of restricting them to not a huge amount so disappointed we've obviously conceded four but we have to move on pretty quickly. We were going to do it anyway. We want to press with intensity.
I think if you're a Premier League side coming here, probably you look at it and think, well, what would I like? I'd love it if Portsmouth sit off and allow us to dictate the game and give us a bit of time and space. We'd already made the decision, but watched the game on Thursday night where Liverpool probably didn't press with a huge amount of intensity in the first half, but did in the second half and it changed the way the entire game felt. So, yeah, we'd made that decision anyway, but I thought it was the right thing to do. Yeah, three set plays. Ultimately, the delivery and the aggression that Arsenal showed was better than us and we have to be a lot more aggressive and a lot more proactive in the way that we defend because you look at the set-up, the set-up was right but we just have to go and attack the ball with a lot more intensity and a lot more purpose.
I thought it was a really good performance. I think if you'd have said you can go back into the changing room without the two injuries that we picked up, I'd have been really pleased with the afternoon. That's probably marred it a little bit. So, yeah, we'll have to deal with that going into next week. I don't think Harvey's is too serious. I think he's just felt his hip flexor, but Franco's didn't look good.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What were the key moments in the Arsenal vs Portsmouth FA Cup match?
0:02–1:54
2
How did Arsenal respond after going behind early in the game?
1:54–3:55
3
What strategies did Arsenal use to dominate the match?
3:55–5:32
4
What impact did Gabriel Martinelli's performance have on the game?
5:32–8:40