Overview
- Arsenal won 2-1 at League One Mansfield to reach the last eight of the FA Cup, keeping their multi-competition push on track.
- Noni Madueke put Arsenal ahead before Will Evans capitalised on a Marli Salmon error; substitute Eberechi Eze struck the 66th‑minute decider.
- Mikel Arteta rotated heavily, starting 16-year-olds Max Dowman and Marli Salmon, the first time a Premier League club has begun a match with two players aged 16 or under.
- An experimental setup left Arsenal vulnerable early as Mansfield produced 11 first‑half shots and 18 overall before a switch to a back four steadied the visitors.
- Leandro Trossard exited injured in the first half and Riccardo Calafiori later followed, heightening fitness concerns ahead of the Champions League first leg in Germany.