Arsenal must achieve never-before-seen feat in Carabao Cup semi-final

Arsenal has to overcome a never-before-seen performance to continue to the Carabao Cup final.

The side of Mikel Arteta lost the first stage of the Newcastle semi-final with 2-0 at the Emirates.

Alexander Isak and Anthony Gordon collided last month to place Eddie How's side in a great position.

The Gunners will be confronted tonight with the Magpies in St James' Park, but are confronted with a tough fight because of the shortage.

In the history of the competition, only 24 times a team comes back from a defeat on the first leg to reach the final.

Twice that is by a team that has lost at home, and both were only through one goal.

One of these was Arsenal when she defeated Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 in 1987 in White Hart Lane after losing 1-0 at home.

The Gunners then won the repeat of 2-1 away from home to reach the final.

Only once does a team of a shortage of two goals come to continue to the final.

This was in 1994 when Aston Villa recovered from a 3-1 defeat by Tranmere to win the second stage through the same score and then endure after penalties.

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Arteta, 42, has insisted that Arsenal was stimulated by their shock 5-1 victory over Manchester City.

He also claimed that the mental state of the team has improved a lot compared to the first stage.

He said: “When you compare the emotional state of the team immediately after the defeat and the way it happened and how we are, today is very different because we come from very strong versions, a number of great victories and especially the latter At home against Manchester City.

“After that match we have a break, so it's the time to go completely gas.

“The next step is a final in Wembley, so we know how big that is, and you can feel it right away.

“The boost that gave us the match against City, the way we won it, and the fact that it is a game in the competition where we are closest to a final, so we are really going to try it.”

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