Young Gunners shoot down feeble Sheffield United

Sheff Utd 0 Arsenal 3

Two clinical finishes from Eduardo Da Silva helped Arsenal book their place in the last eight of the Carling Cup fourth-round clash with a routine victory over Sheffield United at Bramall Lane.

The Gunners striker let fly from the edge of the area after eight minutes to put the visitors in charge before slotting a second into the bottom-left corner shortly into the second half.

Denilson’s deflected long-range effort sealed a comfortable evening’s work for the Gunners as they maintained their unbeaten start to the season.

The experience of Gilberto came to the rescue of Wenger’s young side midway through the second period when the Brazilian retreated to the Gunners line just in time to hook Lucketti’s goalbound effort to safety.

Robson brought on Danny Webber, Alan Quinn and Keith Gillespie as his side began to tire but the changes had little impact.

Eduardo was denied his hat-trick late on when Morgan managed to divert another well struck shot for a corner and he was forced to settle for a brace after being replaced by Nacer Barazite in the 85th minute.

With the game wrapped up, Wenger’s side were happy to soak up the pressure and claim their first victory over United at Bramall Lane since 1991.