Premier League giants Arsenal have qualified for the next round of the English FA Cup after beating Portsmouth 2-0 on Monday night, March 2, in the fifth round tie.Into the draw for the next round! 💪🔵 0-2 🟡 (FT)
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) March 2, 2020
The Gunners went into this encounter with wounded minds having been sent out of the Europa League championship where they played in the final last season.
So Mikel Arteta and his men wanted redemption against Portsmouth for their fans which they got winning away from home in the FA Cup fifth round.
But despite their superb performance in this encounter, Arsenal had to wait till the 45th minute before scoring their goal through Sokratis Papastathopoulos.
The Gunners had another chance to increase the scoreline before the end of the first half when Bukayo Saka supplied a brilliant pass for Lucas Torreira who missed it.
Portsmouth came out smoking in the second half trying to get an equalizer against Arsenal with Ben Close having the chance in the 51st minute, but was unable to beat Martinez.
Arsenal scored their second goal in the 51st minute through Edward Nketiah who superbly beat goalkeeper Alen Bass. Mikel Arteta's men eventually won the match 2-0 to qualify for the next round of the English FA Cup.
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