Arsenal lost to Newcastle United in the second leg of the Carabao Cup semifinals and were subsequently eliminated from the competition. Mikel Arteta fielded the same lineup that scored five goals against Manchester City this past weekend,

Now whoscored have published their independent player ratings for this Newcastle 2 Arsenal 0 match: (The Whoscored display can only show ratings on four subs for a team Krafth was rated 6.1) As you can see, ten players received a rating of 7.0 or more, with nine of them playing for NUFC.

Arteta complained that Arsenal had difficulties with the ball being used in the competition, although Newcastle's players did not appear to have any similar problems. And it came back to bite him as chants of "Mikel Arteta,

Anthony Gordon’s comments after Newcastle’s win over Arsenal to reach the Carabao Cup final have gone viral. Leading 2-0 from the first-leg, Newcastle beat Arsenal by the same scoreline in the second leg on Wednesday night thanks to goals from Jacob Murphy and Gordon.

Newcastle United knocked Arsenal out of the Carabao Cup on Wednesday night (February 5), and the Magpies also left Mikel Arteta eating humble pie with a 2-0 (4-0 aggregate) win to reach the final. Jacob Murphy opened the scoring in the 19th minute,