Arsenal set up a mouth-watering League Cup quarter-final clash against rivals Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday by narrowly edging out League One outfit Blackpool 2-1 at Ashburton Grove.

Both sides finished the game with 10 men but it was the visitors, who sit 52 league places below the Gunners, who appeared to show more purpose when in possession.

Gunners boss Unai Emery made nine changes to the side that drew 2-2 with Crystal Palace at the weekend and disagreed with the assessment of his counterpart Terry McPhillips that the hosts had ultimately had “a bit of an off night.”