If it was an indignity for Arsenal to enter the Carabao Cup at this early stage because of their absence from European competition, they booked their passage to the next round by showing true class. Against a Championship club’s reserves, admittedly, but this was a demonstration from which Mikel Arteta and his team can take heart.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a hat-trick on his first start of the season, and Nicolas Pépé, Bukayo Saka and Alexandre Lacazette also netted in a match in which the visitors threatened to score nearly every time they attacked. Now all they have to do is play like this regularly against stronger opponents. Then trust will grow in Arsenal’s players and Arteta’s process.
Written by Paul Doyle at The Hawthorns
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/aug/25/west-bromwich-albion-arsenal-carabao-cup-match-report under the title “Aubameyang fires hat-trick in Arsenal demolition of West Brom”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
