Arsenal beat Brighton 2–0 in the Carabao Cup fourth round as Ethan Nwaneri opened the scoring and Bukayo Saka added a second after coming off the bench. Kepa Arrizabalaga impressed on his home debut with several key saves.

The match featured the debut of 15-year-old Max Dowman and Andre Harriman-Annous, Arsenal’s 924th player, and marked the club’s 250th League Cup game. The win kept a sixth straight clean sheet and sets up a quarter-final tie with Crystal Palace.