Preston 0-3 Arsenal: Ethan Nwaneri stars as dominant Gunners cruise into Carabao Cup quarter-finals | OneFootball

Teenage midfielder makes the most of his chance again as Mikel Arteta’s side outclass Championship opposition

Arsenal cruised into the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup with an easy 3-0 win over Preston North End.

Ethan Nwaneri was the star of the show for the dominant Gunners against outclassed Championship opposition in Wednesday night’s fourth round tie at Deepdale, the 17-year-old midfielder adding to his first senior goals scored in the win over Bolton last month with a superb first-half strike that further underlined his significant potential.

Arteta’s side continued to sustain their relentless pressure and got further reward less than 10 minutes later when Nwaneri received possession from Jesus before opening up his body and curling a remarkable strike into the far top corner with a helpless Woodman left rooted to the spot.

There was simply no let-up from dominant Arsenal, who sent on both Havertz and Thomas Partey at half-time and also introduced Bukayo Saka from the bench after Havertz had made it 3-0 just before the hour mark with a bullet header from Kiwior’s left-wing cross that flew into the back of the net.

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