Official Site of Arsenal · Dec 15, 2017
U-23s: Arsenal 3-3 Derby County - Report
HOW IT HAPPENED
Our under-23s secured a dramatic draw against Derby County on Friday, thanks to late strikes from Jordi Osei-Tutu and Julio Pleguezuelo, with the latter scoring deep into injury time at Meadow Park.
We began the game with fervour and very nearly took an early lead five minutes in, when Derby’s Jason Shackell almost turned the ball into his own net after blocking Yassin Fortune’s low delivery.
A few minutes later, the visitors called Matt Macey into action, forcing the goalkeeper into making a low save from Mason Bennett. Despite this, Charles Vernam fired the ball home from the edge of the penalty area following the resulting corner to put the visitors ahead.