Carabao Cup Round 3: Leicester City vs Arsenal LIVE Commentary

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LEICESTER TEAM NEWS 

Team to play Arsenal: Ward, Amartey, Morgan, Fuchs, Albrighton, Choudhury, Dewsbury-Hall, Thomas, Gray, Maddison, Iheanacho. 

Subs: Jakupovic, Knight, Justin, Tielemans, Praet, Barnes, Perez.

ARSENAL TEAM NEWS 

Team to play Leicester: Leno, Holding, Luiz, Kolasinac, Maitland-Niles, Elneny, Willock, Saka, Pepe, Nelson, Nketiah. 

Subs: Runarsson, Bellerin, Saliba, Ceballos, Xhaka, Willian, Lacazette.

1 min

After both teams take a knee, Arsenal get us underway.

4 min

Nelson wins the ball off Albrighton in midfield and tries to bend one from 20 yards out and it is punched onto the roof of the net by Ward.

8 min

Albrighton, bends a lovely pass through for Iheanacho but Leno is out well to block it away. 

13 min

Gray wins a free-kick… but Leicester can’t get it down to shoot when it’s launched into the box.

17 min

Pepe earns Arsenal a corner… but when it breaks to Kolasinac on the edge of the box his shot is high and wide.

22 min

Saka moves past Albrighton out wide on the left and then passes the ball through the six-yard area. 

27 min

Saka is convinced it was a foul but the ref says no. A neat one-two on the edge of the box with Nketiah puts him through before he hits the deck under pressure from Amartey. 

32 min

A corner breaks to him about 15 yards out, just to the right of the penalty spot, but he clips his shot across goal and well wide. 

37 min

Saliba is warming up on the touchline but it looks like David Luiz is going to be ok to carry on.

45 min

We’ve got two minutes of time added..

HT: LEICESTER 0-0 ARSENAL

46 min

Leicester get us back underway.

52 min

Gray’s turn to get it all wrong from distance, badly slicing his shot into the empty stands. 

GOAL! LEICESTER 0-1 ARSENAL (Fuchs, og 58)

63 min

Arsenal who have a corner searching to double their advantage.. but Leicester manages to get it away. 

70 min

Maddison comes off ;Praet on. 

And Nelson, comes off for Willian.

75 min

Morgan kept the ball out! Nketiah has a long ball but the Leicester captain is back in time to head the ball away! 

78 min

Dewsbury-Hall is off for Perez. 

And moments later Ceballos comes on for Willock.

82 min

Albrighton is going to whip it in… Perez heads it wide when he connected with it but he diverted it wide!

87 min

Arsenal use the stoppage to swap Saka for Bellerin and Maitland-Niles pushes up.

GOAL! LEICESTER 0-2 ARSENAL (Nketiah, 90) 

90 + 3 min

FT: LEICESTER 0-2 ARSENAL
Arsenal are into the fourth round of the Carabao Cup!