Visitors hang on for 0-0 in Carabao Cup after Xhaka dismissal‘I’m proud of what we did in an extremely difficult stadium’Mikel Arteta hailed Arsenal’s “spirit, fight and brotherhood” after they held
Liverpool in their Carabao Cup semi-final first leg despite playing with 10 men for well over an hour.
Arsenal produced a stirring rearguard action to keep the tie scoreless after Granit Xhaka’s dismissal and give themselves a slight advantage for next week’s return fixture at the Emirates, affording their off-colour hosts few chances. Takumi Minamino missed the best of them, firing over at the death, but Liverpool did not manage a shot on target until stoppage time and would have been flattered to win.