Where to start? Well let’s be frank, it wasn’t a classic, in fact it was quite a poor cup tie. Blackpool will come away from it feeling as if they gave us a game and in truth they did, but only because Arsenal were well below par. Unai Emery had picked a strong side too, the only raw youngsters in the starting eleven being Smith-Rowe and Pleguezuelo, the latter making his senior debut for the home side. Nketiah and Willock were on the bench, no doubt in anticipation of coming into the fray when the seniors had made the game safe. They remained on the bench..! Ainsley Maitland-Niles has a fair bit of experience behind him and teenager Guendouzi has many first team minutes in the tank...
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