Norwich City were left frustrated as they lost 2-1 to Arsenal in extra-time on Tuesday night in the League Cup.
The Canaries led for the majority of the game, but a late equaliser followed by a winner in extra-time saw Arsenal clinch progression into the last eight.
Josh Murphy opened the scoring for Norwich in the first-half. James Maddison slotted an excellent ball through before Murphy clipped it over the goalkeeper to make it 1-0.
Angus Gunn was forced to make multiple excellent saves throughout the night, with one exceptional save from a Rob Holding header in the first-half.
Despite their stout defending at times, Arsenal finally found their goal. Poor defending from a corner led to the home side converting as a near-post flick on was converted in the six-yard box.
The game then went into extra-time, with Arsenal securing the win as Norwich were undone from another corner, this time a header from six-yards out.
Picking a man of the match has been very difficult, with so many excellent performers in yellow and green.
Christoph Zimmermann, Timm Klose, Tom Trybull and Harrison Reed could easily have won it.
Our Norwich man of the match against Arsenal is… Angus Gunn!
Despite conceding two goals, Gunn stood out between the sticks for Norwich with a number of top saves.
He made a superb double save from Olivier Giroud late on, saved a header from close range and a crucial block from Jack Wilshere late on in normal time.
Gunn did not deserve to be on the losing side, although neither did most of the Norwich side.
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