Hello and welcome to The Athletic's live coverage of today's FA Cup match between League One's Oxford United and Premier League leaders Arsenal.
Zinchenko replaces Tierney and Xhaka comes on for Lokonga. "Every player wants to play whatever the competition. "It was nice. "We have good players, it's the first time I have had probably my strongest team to compete. "From my point of view the players did the club proud. You have to be scoring goals and he's doing it." On Nketiah: "It is what we want from every player. He made a difference. Mikel Arteta had more to say to ITV Sport after the win: "It is always tough to win in this round. January 9, 2023 at 10:27 PM UTC That match will come less than three weeks before the two Premier League title rivals meet in the league for the first time this season. [Bukayo Saka](https://theathletic.com/football/player/bukayo-saka-KM98BOcjxMZ919HO/) hobbled off in the 75th minute, a worrying sight for Arsenal fans with the north London derby coming up on Sunday, but Mikel Arteta confirmed after the match that he is fine.
Arsenal will hope to avoid a repeat of last season's third round exit in the FA Cup when they visit Oxford United.
They went on to win the FA Cup that season. What also helps this fixture be overwhelmingly one-sided in Arteta & Co.'s favour is their opponents' patchy form of late. Arsenal will travel to Kassam Stadium to take on League One side Oxford United in the third round of the FA Cup.
Match report as Arsenal beat Oxford 3-0 in the FA Cup third round; Mohamed Elneny opened the scoring with a header before Eddie Nketiahs double secured the ...
"From my point of view, the players did the club proud. They didn't look like a team so far apart to the other team. "We have good players. He showed great composure. But the Gunners looked nothing like the swaggering side that have opened up a five-point lead at the top of the Premier League, with Oxford - who are 14th in the third tier - holding them at bay with relative ease during the first half. Mikel Arteta's side failed to record a single shot on target during a drab first half as Oxford frustrated the Premier League leaders, but Mohamed Elneny set them on their way 10 minutes into the second period with his first goal of the season.
Eddie Nketiah bagged a brace to help us ease past Oxford United in the FA Cup third round.
And on 76 minutes, the striker showed more excellent composure to add his second and our third of the night. That goal seemingly broke the resilience of the hosts, and just seven minutes later we doubled our advantage. After the restart, our tempo was higher and we immediately began causing more problems for our opponents.
A pair of second-half goals from Eddie Nketiah saw Arsenal past a stubborn Oxford United side by a final score of 3-0 in the FA Cup third round on Monday. Mohamed Elneny broke the deadlock after half-time with a smashing header before Nketiah scored ...
"Eddie is scoring goals and contributing to the way we play and I am delighted for him. [Arsenal](/soccer/team?id=359) past a stubborn Oxford United side by a final score of 3-0 in the FA Cup third round on Monday. Arsenal have now won their last 14 FA Cup ties against sides from outside the top-two divisions of English football.
Arsenal booked an FA Cup date with Manchester City following a comfortable 3-0 third round win against Oxford United on Monday night.
With one goal already to his name, he beautifully dinks the ball over McGinty for his second as the ball rolls over the line. His effort beats McGinty but is stopped on the line and cleared for a corner. Nketiah rounds McGinty and slots the ball into an empty net. He created four chances in a game where Arsenal struggled to create for the majority, but his technical excellence changed the tide and gave Mikel Artetaโs side the opportunity to find the back of the net. His effort is blocked, and Lokonga picks up the loose ball which he fires toward goal, but Elliot Moore gets in the way and Arsenal think it hit the defender's arm. 34โ - TIERNEY STORMS FORWARD, ARSENAL WANT A PENALTY - The left-back takes matters into own hands and drives toward goal, finds Saka on the right who tees up Tomiyasu on the edge of the box.