
Emirates Stadium, London—An unconvincing Arsenal advanced into the Carabao Cup quarterfinals with a 2–0 victory at home to Brighton & Hove Albion on Wednesday evening.
If Mikel Arteta needed any evidence to support his inherently cautious approach to most Arsenal matches, a harum-scarum performance provided a perfect case study. On another night, this much-changed lineup could have been the team picking the ball out of their net on multiple occasions.