Arsenal cruised into the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup past a reasonably strong Leeds side at the Emirates on Tuesday night, with second-half goals from Calum Chambers and Eddie Nketiah sealing the victory.
The Gunners made a handful of changes from Friday night's win over Aston Villa, while Leeds made four of their own as they continue to look to turn around a slow start to the 2021/22 season.
The home side had the better of the early running, but it took a scrambled goal from a second-half corner to really stamp their authority on the match – before a defensive mix-up allowed them to put the game out of sight.
Bernd Leno (GK) - 7/10 - Sharp save from Jack Harrison midway through the first half, and judged his ventures off his line very well. Cedric (RB) - 5/10 - Put a corner straight out of play. Remember when Pepe was a set piece delivery expert? And now he's behind this joker. Ben White (CB) - 7/10 - Played with confidence and command against his former team, before going off injured. Rob Holding (CB) - 6/10 - A fairly calm performance from the captain on the night. Hair transplant looked good. Sead Kolasinac (LB) - 6/10 - Disappointingly sedate.
Mohamed Elneny (CM) - 6/10 - Yep, he was definitely on the pitch for 72 minutes. Ainsley Maitland-Niles (CM) - 7/10 - Bright enough spot in midfield. Maybe he's not an auxiliary wing-back after all. Nicolas Pepe (CAM) - 5/10 - Couple of nice spin moves! But also fell over his own feet and kept running into trouble. And then kept giving the ball away.
