Official Site of Arsenal · Mar 20, 2018
FA Youth Cup: Blackpool 2-2 Arsenal - Report
By Akshay Patel at Bloomfield Road
WHAT HAPPENED
Our FA Youth Cup semi-final will be decided at Emirates Stadium after we were held to a draw in Tuesday night’s first leg against Blackpool.
We twice took the lead through Tyreece John-Jules and Xavier Amaechi but were pegged back each time, and Trae Coyle’s missed penalty leaves the tie in the balance going into next month’s second leg.
After a cagey opening half an hour, we finally found the breakthrough when John-Jules reacted quickest to smash home from inside the six-yard box after Blackpool had failed to clear Amaechi’s corner.