Superb Eze goal saves Arsenal from Mansfield scare
Arsenal needed their big guns to come off the bench to secure a win over a battling Mansfield Town side in the FA Cup fifth round, but it was two 16-year-olds who made history.
Eberechi Eze scored the winner as Arsenal beat the League One side 2-1 to move into the quarter-finals for the first time since 2020, which is when they last won the competition in Mikel Arteta's first season in charge.
Arteta made nine changes to the side that beat Brighton in the Premier League and named Marli Salmon and Max Dowman, who are both 16, in the starting line-up.
It was Salmon's first start for the club while Dowman became the youngest player to start a game for Arsenal in the FA Cup at 16 years and 66 days old.
