For Arsenal the night will be remembered for Eberechi Eze’s first goal for the club, but for Port Vale they will look back at when they ran a Premier League giant to the very end, only to fall short and out of the Carabao Cup.
Once Eze scored early on, it felt as if Arsenal would thrash their League One opponents, but instead it was a tight game as Port Vale gave everything. They did not have the requisite quality and Arsenal scored again, the second coming late from Leandro Trossard. There was doggedness in abundance but Vale’s inability to have a shot on target summed up their shortcomings.
