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Arsenal vs Coventry City. Carabao Cup Round 3.

Emirates StadiumAttendance58,351.

Arsenal 6

  • O Giroud (39th minute)
  • A Oxlade-Chamberlain (57th minute)
  • A Arshavin (63rd minute)
  • T Walcott (74th minute, 90th minute)
  • I Miquel (80th minute)

Coventry City 1

  • C Ball (78th minute)

Arsenal hit Coventry for six in the Capital One Cup

Image: Olivier Giroud celebrates his first goal for Arsenal in the 6-1 win over Coventry City

Arsenal eased into the fourth round of the Capital One Cup after a searing second-half display proved too much for visitors Coventry.

Coventry started the second half brightly but could have fallen further behind only five minutes after the restart.

Penalty

Reece Brown mistimed his clearance and then challenged Arshavin for the bouncing ball with the Russia international going to ground and referee Michael Jones adjudged that the on-loan Manchester United defender had been fouled. Giroud stepped up but his low penalty was saved superbly by Murphy, diving low to his right and the resulting corner was headed onto the crossbar by Miquel. The visitors came close to grabbing a goal of their own but Wood's header from another Baker set-piece bounced wide of Damian Martinez's left-hand post. The miss proved costly as Arsenal doubled their lead moments later courtesy of a rasping effort from England winger Oxlade-Chamberlain. The 19-year-old collected a ball from Arshavin before firing home from 25 yards. The former Southampton youngster almost repeated the feat five minutes later but Murphy was able to push his second effort clear. The third goal followed soon after as Oxlade-Chamberlain and Giroud combined to set up Arshavin to score on his first start of the season. Only another good save from Murphy denied Arsenal's captain Johan Djourou adding a fourth with a diving header. Mark Robins' side were determined to give something for their 8,000 travelling fans to cheer and Gary McSheffrey should have pulled a goal back moments later but blazed over from close range. Emmanuel Frimpong was introduced from the bench with 15 minutes to go, making his return from a long-term knee injury sustained when on-loan at Wolves last season. Arsenal made it 4-0 moments later when Nico Yennaris played a through-ball to the feet of Walcott, who burst clear of the defence to slot home. Substitute Ball and McSheffrey shot just wide before it was third time lucky for the Sky Blues when Ball reacted quicker than the Arsenal defence to Baker's cross to reduce the deficit to 4-1. However, Arsenal soon regained their four-goal advantage as Miquel climbed at the back post to head home Arshavin's pinpoint cross. Walcott then had two chances to add a sixth goal but hit the side-netting with one effort before forcing a low save out of Murphy. The England international finally scored his second in the final minute of normal time with a smart finish.

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