43′
9:44 p.m
Timber heads over! Gabriel Martinelli is currently doing whatever he wants on his left side, playing Canvot dizzy at times. He crosses again high into the center and the substitute defender Timber puts his header over the crossbar.
40′
9:41 p.m
Double chance for Arsenal! Gabriel Martinelli dangerously pulls a cross from the left towards the goal, but the Eagles get the action cleared first. A little later, the next high ball flies into the penalty area and Madueke fails with his powerful shot past the alert Benitez in the near corner!
38′
9:39 p.m
The final minutes of the first half are approaching and Crystal Palace still hasn’t fired a shot at the opponent’s goal. Arsenal, on the other hand, is running, still has over 75% ball possession and three shots on goal.
34′
9:36 p.m
Mikel Merino finds Eze with a fine pass through the interface, who in turn passes it directly to Gabriel Jesus. But the Brazilian apparently still lacks match practice because he misses the ball and misses the shot in the penalty area.
31′
9:32 p.m
The game is stopped for a few minutes because Lerma is treated on the field. Time for Crystal Palace to take a breather because Arsenal is getting stronger!
28′
9:29 p.m
Calafiori over it! After a corner, there was a bit of a scramble in the Eagles’ penalty area, but the Italian carelessly fired his shot from around ten meters over the visitors’ box.
27′
9:28 p.m
The high intensity of the last few weeks can be seen in both teams: Crystal Palace is not aggressive at all and only engages in duels when necessary. The Gunners, on the other hand, lack pace and accuracy for long stretches.
25′
9:26 p.m
Benítez prevents the deficit! A high ball from Arsenal flies towards the second post, where Gabriel Jesus is ideally positioned and fails in the right corner of the opposing keeper.
21′
9:22 p.m
A careless loss of the ball creeps into the hosts’ build-up, but Saliba is able to make up for the mistake with a long leg against Mateta. The striker had placed the ball a little too far on the way into the opponent’s penalty area.
17′
9:18 p.m
Arsenal’s dominance is now also noticeable in the statistics. Over 75% of ball possession in favor of the Gunners speaks volumes. Crystal Palace will want to keep a clean sheet for as long as possible.
14′
9:15 p.m
It took almost a quarter of an hour before the hosts got their first corner. And things get tricky for the Eagles: Eze’s goal is extended at the first post and Gabriel Jesus misses the shot at the second post under pressure from the opposition. The Brazilian then calls for a hand penalty in vain.
10′
9:11 p.m
The Gunners’ massive rotation in attack is noticeable at the beginning, because there is a lack of automatism and many players are on the last line without moving.
7′
9:08 p.m
At Crystal Palace, the ball is always quickly lost under opposition pressure, so the game has only known one direction since kick-off. Apart from the one vertical pass to Madueke, there was no approach from the Gunners.
4′
9:05 p.m
There’s the first graduation! After a throw-in, Arsenal wins the ball and Gabriel Martinelli plays a flat through ball from the center circle into the path of Madueke. The Gunners’ number 20 takes the ball with him and then shoots too centrally from around 16 meters. There was more in it!
3′
9:03 p.m
Arsenal’s ball security becomes apparent early on and the Eagles, on the other hand, patiently move from left to right. So far everything has taken place in the midfield.
1′
9:01 p.m
The quarterfinals are underway!
8:46 p.m
Crystal Palace’s players also have to push themselves to the limit several times a week with league games and appearances in the Conference League. Today they are playing their seventh competitive game this month against Arsenal and there will be one more to come by the end of the year! Coach Oliver Glasner, known from VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga, only changes to three positions: Canvot, Lerma and Benitez are trusted from the start.
8:40 p.m
In view of the many games, Mikel Arteta made a total of eight changes to his starting eleven before this knockout game and put top performers such as Rice, Ødegaard and Gyökeres on the bench. Arsenal fans can also look forward to the starting eleven return of Gabriel Jesus, who tore his cruciate ligament in January. The defense around Timber, Saliba and Calafiori is the only part of the team that is spared from the rotation.
20:26
If this were a Premier League game, the current league leaders would host the eighth-placed team. Arsenal also leads the table in the Champions League and has won six out of six games at the highest level! Last year the two teams also met in the quarter-finals of this competition – with the Gunners coming out on top, winning 3-2.
8:19 p.m
Which team will secure the last ticket for the semi-finals of the League Cup? Chelsea, Manchester City and Newcastle prevailed in their respective quarter-final games a few days ago. In the English clubs’ already packed schedule, the London city derby between Arsenal and Crystal Palace takes place one day before Christmas.
8:04 p.m
Welcome to the last League Cup quarter-final between Arsenal and Crystal Palace! The duel between the two London clubs starts at 9 p.m. German time.