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Premier League 2
Norwich City 2 (Myles 70, Forbes 90) Arsenal 2 (O’Neill 47, Ferdinand 79)
Arsenal U21s conceded a frustrating late equaliser as they were held to a 2-2 draw away to their Norwich City counterparts tonight.
Deprived of the services of many of their key players ahead of potential first-team involvement, the young Gunners had to battle bravely against Norwich but ended up having to settle for a point despite goals from Ceadach O’Neill and Seb Ferdinand.
The likes of Tommy Setford, Marli Salmon, Jaden Dixon, Max Dowman and Andre Harriman-Annous were all absent after training with the first-team today prior to tomorrow’s game against Mansfield Town in the FA Cup.
Jack Porter started in goal, with Callan Hamill deployed at right-back and Joshua Ogunnaike featuring at centre-back. Demiane Agustien and Brando Bailey-Joseph also came into the side, with first year scholar Abraham Owusu-Gyasi receiving his maiden Premier League 2 callup as he was named on the bench.
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Ibrahim
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Bailey Joseph-Mooney-O’Neill
Subs: Stevens (for Ibrahim, 46), Ferdinand (for Hamill, 77), Owusu-Gyasi (for Bailey-Joseph, 89). Not used: Mitchell, Marciniak.
Arsenal created the first chance of the game as Ife Ibrahim headed over following a corner.
Ogunnaike then sent a header over from a similar situation before Bailey-Joseph sent in a dangerous cross towards Marcell Washington, but the full-back couldn’t quite connect with it.
Norwich then started to assert themselves, with Premier League 2 player of the month nominee Brayden Clarke having to make an important intervention.
Luke Towler then threatened for Norwich before O’Neill was thwarted for Arsenal after Agustien’s initial effort was pushed away.
Arsenal needed greater attacking ingenuity going into the second half and they got exactly that as O’Neill steered his side ahead in the 47th minute with a neat finish following Bailey-Joseph’s delivery.
Archie Stevens, meanwhile, had come on at the start of the second half in place of the injured Ibrahim.
Elliot Myles shot wide for Norwich before O’Neill had an effort saved.
Evan Mooney, who had worked hard up front without receiving much service, then put the ball in the net but the flag was raised for offside.
Norwich managed to equalise through a fine finish from Myles, although Arsenal defender Hamill had suffered an injury after being caught in the build-up to the goal.
Hamill eventually had to be replaced by Ferdinand and the latter proceeded to make an instant impact as he finished well following a cross from fellow substitute Stevens.
Owusu-Gyasi then made his U21s debut as he replaced Bailey-Joseph.
It appeared as though Arsenal were going to see the game out but Norwich managed to pull level in stoppage time courtesy of a goal from Brandon Forbes.
Arsenal are in tenth place in Premier League 2 with four games remaining of the regular season.
The likes of Hamill, Clarke and Ogunnaike made some good interventions at times, while Bailey-Joseph and O’Neill provided a creative threat.
However, the absence of some key players was certainly notable, with Arsenal’s play often lacking in terms of rhythm.