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Arsenal thrashes Bolton in League Cup
London, September 25, 2024. – Arsenal completely dominated the League Cup third round match, defeating Bolton Wanderers by a resounding 6-1 score at the Emirates Stadium.
The Gunners were on the front foot from the outset, opening the scoring in the 16th minute with a goal from Declan Rice. Young Ethan Nwaneri, at just 15 years old, became the youngest player to score a goal in Premier League history in the 37th minute and repeated the feat in the 49th minute.
Bolton managed to pull one back in the 53rd minute through Andrew Collins, but Arsenal continued to press and extended their lead with a goal from Raheem Sterling in the 64th minute and another from Kai Havertz in the 77th minute. Havertz scored his second goal of the match in the closing minutes to seal the rout.
Arsenal had complete control of the game, with 77% possession and 21 shots on goal, 8 of them on target. Bolton, on the other hand, only managed 4 shots, 1 of them on goal.
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Substitutions arsenal: at minute 62 K. Havertz came in and D. Rice went out., at minute 62 Gabriel came in and M. Lewis-Skelly went out., at minute 70 M. Kacurri came in and R. Calafiori went out., at minute 71 G. Martinelli came in and B. Saka went out., at minute 81 I. Kabia came in and R. Sterling went out.
Substitutions bolton: at minute 69 G. Thomason came in and S. Arfield went out., at minute 69 J. Matete came in and K. Dempsey went out., at minute 71 G. Johnston came in and C. Forino-Joseph went out., at minute 78 V. Adeboyejo came in and J. McAtee went out., at minute 78 D. Charles came in and A. Collins went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
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