Overview
- Portsmouth struck in the second minute through Colby Bishop after Kepa Arrizabalaga parried a shot.
- Arsenal leveled five minutes later from a scrambled corner that went in off Christian Norgaard and Andre Dozzel.
- Gabriel Martinelli put Arsenal ahead before the break with a header from a corner.
- Noni Madueke missed a penalty he won against Zak Swanson, briefly keeping Portsmouth in contention.
- A quick restart after halftime led to a low Gabriel Jesús cross for Martinelli’s second before a near-post header completed his first Arsenal hat-trick and sealed the 4-1 win.