Gabriel Martinelli corner.
Another 45 minutes failed to separate the sides, meaning a shootout was required to decide the destiny of the trophy and we managed to convert all five of our efforts, with Aaron Ramsdale saving from Takumi Minamino to ensure we lifted the trophy for the seventh time.
Gabriel Jesus was missing with a knee injury, the severity of which will become clear after further assessment. His replacement, Nketiah, was handed the armband in an Arsenal lineup that included new signings Declan Rice and Jurriën Timber while Martindegaard and Bukayo Saka were named among the substitutes. Monaco started the brighter of the two sides and Aleksandr Golovin forced Ramsdale into a smart eighth-minute save with a low drive from the edge of the box.
The Gunners threatened with several dangerous crossed without testing Köhn and although Gabriel Martinelli looked sharp in the final third, the Brazilian was undone at the other end as the visitors took a 31st-minute lead.
Barcelona, and he was in good condition and we lost him. But he has been feeling some discomfort in the last few weeks and we had to look at it, we had to make a decision and the best one is to protect the player and get him back as quick as possible so we decided to do it.
Arsenal boss also revealed Jesus' latest set-back was related to a previous knee injury suffered during last winter's World Cup, which forced him to miss most of the second half of the season.
“It is something related to the previous injury that he had and the surgery. He had some irritation in the knee and we had to get it resolved.”
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