Arsenal’s<\/b> Under-21s side also suffered, losing 4-3 at Exeter City<\/b>.<\/p>\n
Charles Sagoe converted early on as the Gunners got off to a flier.<\/p>\n
That goal separated the sides at the break but Josh Magennis sparked a rush of six goals in the second half.<\/p>\n
Harrison Dudziak restored the visitors’ lead before Jack Aitchison pegged them back once more.<\/p>\n
Osman Kamara gave Arsenal fresh hope – only for Magennis to grab his second within 60 seconds, and Luca Woodhouse set up Jayden Wareham for the winner three minutes from time.<\/p>\n
Barrow <\/b>managed to get their first points in the competition as they saw off Nottingham Forest’s<\/b> Under-21s with two second-half goals.<\/p>\n
David Worrall gave Andy Whing’s side the lead just after the hour and Innes Cameron made the game safe with a second in added time.<\/p>\n
Aston Villa’s<\/b> Under-21s have not enjoyed this year’s competition and they exited without picking up a point after Leyton Orient<\/b> made it three wins from three to progress from Southern Group F.<\/p>\n
Richie Wellens’s side had Diallang Jaiyesimi to thank for the only goal of the game 12 minutes from time.<\/p>\n
Luton Town <\/b>fielded the experienced Jerry Yates against Brighton & Hove Albion <\/b>and the forward’s two-goal first-half contribution was crucial in a 3-1 win over<\/p>\n
He struck eight minutes before the interval and then grabbed a second from the penalty spot.<\/p>\n
Noel Atom reduced the arrears with 16 minutes to go – but Finley Evans put the result beyond doubt as Jack Wilshere’s side progressed to the next round.<\/p>\n
Cheltenham Town<\/b> continued their rally under Steve Cotterill, although they had to settle for a 2-2 draw against Tottenham Hotspur<\/b>.<\/p>\n
Josh Martin gave them an early lead with a rising left-foot shot after five minutes only for Oliver Irow to convert from Yusuf Akhamrich’s low centre 20 minutes later.<\/p>\n
Tommy Taylor restored the Robins’ lead before Rio Kyerematen equalised in the final seconds.<\/p>\n
However, Cheltenham won the game 3-1 on penalties to secure an extra point.<\/p>\n
Another League Two club that secured a bonus point was high-flying Walsall<\/b> as they eked out a goalless draw with Chelsea<\/b>.<\/p>\n
The Blues’ Under-21s enjoyed the better chances on the night but could not find a way past Mat Sadler’s men who won 4-2 on penalties.<\/p>\n
The only club from the top-flight to emerge victorious was West Ham United <\/b>who had to work hard to earn a 3-2 victory at Swindon Town<\/b>.<\/p>\n
Joshua Ajala made the breakthrough for the Hammers in the 25th minute thanks to help from George Earthy, who then got on the scoresheet himself just before the break.<\/p>\n
Billy Bodin set up Paul Glatzel for Swindon’s first of the night only for Josh Landers to give the visitors’ breathing space.<\/p>\n
Glatzel added a second but West Ham saw themselves over the line despite a late incident in which Joel McGregor was dismissed for the hosts with Luis Brown also seeing red deep into stoppage time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal’s Under-21s side also suffered, losing 4-3 at Exeter City. Charles Sagoe converted early on as the Gunners…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":534428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,12,14],"class_list":{"0":"post-534427","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115454906384780015","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}