Carabao Cup

December 24, 2025 Emirates Stadium, London Twelve months on from Gabriel Jesus’ hat-trick that carried Arsenal into the final four, there was a familiar sense of occasion as Wembley again beckoned. Crystal Palace, buoyed by their own recent memories of lifting the FA Cup in May, arrived having carved an impressive path to the quarter-finals — penalties against Millwall, then a startling 3–0 dismantling of Liverpool at Anfield. This was no ceremonial appearance. From the outse

October 29, 2025 Emirates Stadium, London October ended in perfection: six games, six wins, twelve goals scored, none conceded. Arsenal became the first English team in history to win six matches in a single month without allowing a goal. Four points clear at the top of the Premier League, unbeaten leaders in their Champions League group, and now EFL Cup quarter-finalists — Mikel Arteta’s side are in uncharted form. History was made before kick-off. With Martinelli injured, 1

September 24, 2025  Vale Park, Staffordshire At Vale Park, under cool September skies, Arsenal faced a contest measured less by artistry than by principle. For a club with fourteen FA Cups but only two League Cups — the last in 1993 — the Carabao Cup competition remains unfinished business. The scars of last season’s 4–0 semi-final humiliation by Newcastle still lingered. Reputation, as much as progression, was on the line, and Mikel Arteta made that plain. Vale Park, with it