Arsenal vs Sunderland LIVE: Carabao Cup result, final score and reaction

52 mins: Eddie Nketiah has turned down a contract extension with Arsenal and is reportedly leaving for free in the summer. He’s scored nine goals in nine league cup appearances for the Gunners.

49 mins: Great goal from the Gunners! Nuno Tavares brings the ball down the left side as Embleton comes across to win the ball. He slides into a tackle but Tavares shifts the ball around him and drives into the box. He chips the ball towards the near post where Nketiah nips in front of Doyle and guides the ball past Burge for Arsenal’s third!

48 mins: Stewart gets checked out by the medics and does a little jog to show he can play on. With Broadhead out, Stewart is Sunderland’s main striker now.

Lee Johnson seems to have made slight tactical change. Denver Hume is playing as a left-back in a back four with Winchester and Gooch pushed further forward into midfield.

Kick off: Sunderland get the game back underway. There hasn’t been anyway further changes from either side. The Black Cats flick the ball up towards Stewart who collides with Balogun and rolls over his ankle. This isn’t what Sunderland need at all.

Arsenal looked in complete control during that half, right up until Nathan Broadhead scored to make it 2-1. Sunderland then swept forward and the Gunners seemed to lose all confidence at the back.

A big plus for them though is Broadhead’s substitution. He took a knock and Lee Johnson decided against risking him in the second half.

45+3 mins: Arsenal have conceded their first goal in the Carabao Cup this season but they lead by two goals to one at half-time. It looked as though the Gunners were going to run away with the game after goals from Eddie Nketiah and Nicolas Pepe but Nathan Broadhead earned one back for the visitors and kept them in the game.

45 mins: Three minutes of added time to play at the end of the first half. Nathan Broadhead has been down for a while after taking a knock. He gets some treatment but won’t be continuing for Sunderland. The forward is replaced with Denver Hume on the stroke of half-time.

43 mins: Save! Cedric sends another cross in from the right wing and finds Pepe who flicks it towards the back post. The ball is cleared as far as Emile Smith Rowe who hits one of the volley and forces Lee Burge into a sharp save to his right!

40 mins: Mikel Arteta looks a little worried on the sidelines as Odegaard picks out Pepe in the box. Cedric helps out again with an overlapping run and Pepe slides the ball to him. The right back whips in a cross but Wright gets to it first and clears the danger for Sunderland.

37 mins: Chance! Sunderland win a free kick that Pritchard swings into the box from the right side. Tom Flanagan is up for the visitors and throws himself at the dropping ball. He meets it with a header but knocks it wide of goal! He looked offside though but there didn’t seem to be a flag raised.