Following contrasting victories in the EFL Cup in midweek, Arsenal and Leicester City cross paths in Saturday's Premier League bout at the Emirates Stadium. While the Gunners demolished Bolton Wanderers 5-1 on Wednesday evening, their newly-promoted visitors needed some goalkeeping heroics to get over the line against Walsall. © Imago The kids were more than all right for Mikel Arteta on Wednesday evening, where the visit of League One outfit Bolton Wanderers for the EFL Cup saw the Arsenal manager start four teenagers who had not even been born when the Gunners played their first non-competitive match at the Emirates Stadium.
One of those - 16-year-old goalkeeper Jack Porter - became the youngest-ever starter for Arsenal's men's team, and even though he was denied a debut clean sheet, the teenager witnessed fellow academy star Ethan Nwaneri score twice while Raheem Sterling , Kai Havertz and Declan Rice also got in on the act. Rewarded for their endeavours with a fourth-round tie against Preston North End, Arsenal - who are still unbeaten in all tournaments this season - return to top-flight duty a week on from their explosive Etihad affair , where only a 98th-minute John Stones equaliser denied the Gunners a first win away to Manchester City since January 2015. Putting every man behind the ball after Leandro Trossard 's sending-off saw Arteta take the flak from rival fans and indeed players, but few could realistically knock the Spaniard for employing an all-out defensive .