Our young Gunners opened their EFL Trophy campaign with a thrilling 2-2 draw away to Swindon Town but picked up an additional bonus point after beating the Robins 5-4 in the resulting penalty shootout at the County Ground.
We almost made the perfect start after just two minutes when Ethan Nwaneri played in Charles Sagoe Jr who finished emphatically but the linesman adjudged the latter offside.
However, the hosts open the scoring just five minutes later when Jacob Wakeling’s cross was inadvertently turned into his own net by Reu Walters.
We were level moments later when a smart short corner routine saw Lino Sousa expertly head home from Nwaneri’s cross.