FA Cup 2026: Eze strike sends Arsenal into quarter-finals after 2-1 wins over Mansfield

Arsenal beat Mansfield Town 2-1 in the FA Cup as Eberechi Eze scored the second-half winner to send the Premier League leaders into the quarter-finals.

Arsenal beat third-tier Mansfield Town 2-1 to move into the FA ⁠Cup quarter-finals on Saturday after ⁠Eberechi Eze scored a ‌second-half winner ​for the Premier League leaders.

Mikel Arteta named a much-changed side, starting teenagers Max Dowman and ​Marli Salmon, ⁠as Arsenal became the first Premier League side to start a competitive game ⁠with two ‌players aged 16 or under in any competition.

Feeding ‌off a raucous home crowd, ⁠Mansfield created several early chances to unsettle Arsenal, ‌but it was ‌the London club that went ‌1-0 up when Noni ‌Madueke curled a powerful finish into the far corner.

Mansfield substitute Will ⁠Evans capitalised ⁠on poor defending to equalise early in the second half, but Arsenal regained their lead when Eze fired a thunderbolt from the ​edge of the box to ​silence the ​crowd at Field Mill.