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62 min Changes for Portsmouth<\/a>, Le Roux and Shaughnessy going off with Pack and Ogilvie coming on.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 61 min Now Portsmouth<\/a> move forward down the right, White opting to take no chances with a searching cross, helping it behind; the resultant corner comes to nothing.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 60 min Arsenal win another corner, this time down the right, Madueke with it, and Portsmouth<\/a> clear at the near post.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 59 min And for balance:<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 58 min \u201cCaptain Marvel was exceptional,\u201d reckons Niall Mullen, \u201cbut at his peak I\u2019d say Gazza was the best English midfielder (and player) in my 43 years of watching football.\u201d<\/p>\n Gazza was special and unique, but when was that peak? Was Spurs\u2019 1991 FA Cup<\/a> run enough? Incidentally, Gazza rates Robson as the best player he encountered.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 57 min Nice from Arsenal<\/a>, White into Madueke who, inside the box, plays a little ball to Nwaneri, follows the flicked return \u2026 and is crowded out.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 56 min Nwaneri, who\u2019s been quiet so far, veers through midfield, Le Roux moves in for the kill, fouls him, and is booked.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 55 min Portsmouth are still going after this and, though you feat for them as gaps appear, they may as well lose by a couple more trying to get back into the match.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 54 min \u201dAre these the most religious team selections ever?\u201d wonders Anthony Findlay. \u201cWe have a Chaplin, Bishop, Kirk, Jesus and a lot of Gabriels.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Portsmouth 1-3 Arsenal (Martinelli 52)<\/p>\n That might be that. After a foul on Martinelli, Lewis-Skelly takes a quick free-kick, switching to Jesus, whose low cross is perfect, whipped through the corridor, and Martinelli slots home at the far post.<\/p>\n Gabriel Martinelli scores his second and Arsenal\u2019s third. Photograph: James Marsh\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.15 EST<\/p>\n 50 min And the corner picks out Segecic on the far side of the box, the ball drops, he sets himself to shoot, makes decent connection with his laces \u2026 but the time all that took allows White to block with his body. That\u2019s excellent defending.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 49 min Nice from Segecic, who darts in behind White, meets the pass that plays him in with a flick, and wins the corner when his attempted cross is blocked.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 46 min Pompey started the first half really well, but can they find a way of getting at Arsenal<\/a> again?<\/p>\n We\u2019re back underway at Fratton Park. Photograph: Andrew Boyers\/Action Images\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.10 EST<\/p>\n 46 min We go again\u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Our players are back with us\u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Today is Bryan Robson\u2019s birthday so, given he was the first captain to lift the FA Cup<\/a> three times, let\u2019s enjoy this reminder of just how good he was. I\u2019ve not seen a better midfielder in my 43 years watching English football.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Share<\/a>HALF-TIME: Portsmouth 1-2 Arsenal<\/p>\n A typically entertaining first half and, after Martinelli\u2019s missed chance and Madueke\u2019s missed penalty, Portsmouth<\/a> remain in the game.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45+3 min I doubt Mousinho is too disheartened to be trailing at half-time. He\u2019ll be vexed his team conceded twice from corners, but in general play they\u2019ve competed well and a second goal doesn\u2019t necessarily look beyond them.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45+1 min We\u2019ll have three additional minutes; the free-kick comes to nowt.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45 min I daresay the Arsenal<\/a> players will be hearing some words at half-time: with those two chances for Martinelli and Madueke, the game should be over, and now Segecic is preparing to stick a free-kick into the box, Lewis-Skelly having been booked for fouling Umeh.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>MADUEKE MISSES THE PENALTY!<\/p>\n He stutters, pauses, waits for the keeper to move, then strokes an expert\u2019s finish, dead calm and composed, oh isn\u2019t this so easy for him, what a natural, past the right-hand post.<\/p>\n Deary me. Photograph: Andy Thomas\/Focus Images Ltd\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.47 EST<\/p>\n PENALTY TO ARSENAL!<\/p>\n Madueke isolates Swanson, grooves around him on the outside, and it\u2019s so obvious what\u2019s coming next: a clumsy, lazy, impatient fall into him, giving the ref no choice but to point to the spot.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 41 min Arsenal move it nicely, eventually finding White down the right, his low cross through the corridor and to the back post is a goodun, Martinelli is there \u2026 and somehow, he studs a finish into the turf which hits the post!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 40 min Yup, Umeh replaces Blair and is immediately into the action, scrapping for possession.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 39 min Bad news fro Pompey: Blair, their most threatening attacker so far, is down. I don\u2019t think he\u2019ll be able to continue.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 37 min In the meantime, though they win a free-kick on halfway and send the big men forward \u2013 they\u2019re having a proper go at this \u2013 but the delivery is poor. So Arsenal<\/a> counter, Madueke coming in on his left foot and annihilating a low shot, bravely blocked at source by Poole.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 35 min Arsenal haven\u2019t yet found a way of controlling the game \u2013 they need Zubimendi for that really \u2013 but my guess is it gets easier as Portsmouth<\/a> tire and press less.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 33 min Arsenal now have 16 goals from set-piece this season, remarkable work from the players and dedicated coach, Nicolas Jover. I do think \u2013 and this isn\u2019t an Arsenal-related point, especially \u2013 refs need to police contact in the box better, and force teams to take their corners and free-kicks quicker, but it\u2019s about time these aspects of the game were taken seriously again.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 31 min But just like that it\u2019s almost 3-1, Eze knocking back to Norgaard, whose first-time pass, through the middle, is superb, setting Martinelli away. Losing balance, he opens his body, looking to curl low from the edge, but doesn\u2019t get quite enough draw and the shot zips just wide.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 29 min After almost half-an-hour of purposeful football, it\u2019s now a bit scrappy. I don\u2019t imagine Portsmouth<\/a> will mind that too much, and they still look confident in possession, moving it about and trying to work angles.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 27 min This has been an exceptionally entertaining half, but do Portsmouth<\/a> have another goal in them? Or, more pertinently, can they avoid conceding another?<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Portsmouth 1-2 Arsenal (Martinelli 26)<\/p>\n They cannot. Madueke swings in a brute, Martinelli, attacking the front post, leaps, and uses the pace of the ball to not past Bursic. Pompey have done really well so far, but they trail thanks to Arsenal\u2019s old set-piece trick.<\/p>\n Gabriel Martinelli of Arsenal scores. Photograph: James Marsh\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.30 EST<\/p>\n 24 min Eze\u2019s smart pass ushers Madueke into the box, down its left-hand side, and Swanson does really well to nick the ball behind. Can Pompey defend this second corner properly?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 23 min Shaughnessy flings himself into another juddering challenge, setting Pompey away, but seeking a shooting lane, Segesic is quickly blocked off, then Arsenal<\/a> counter, Jesus\u2019 heavy touch allowing Bursic to claim at his feet.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 21 min Excellent work from Shaughnessy, who intercepts a pass seeking Madueke, then thunders into a challenge. I really like the way Pompey are going about this, even if it has me wondering how they can be 21st in the Champo. If they displayed this level of intensity and acumen in every game, especially away from home, I\u2019m sure they\u2019d be doing better.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 19 min Pompey look really well prepared for this match and they\u2019re pressing Arsenal<\/a> high; I don\u2019t think they rate Kepa\u2019s ability to play out, and they\u2019re forcing him to play long, then looking to win possession and go from there.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 16 min My net drops out then returns in time for me to see Devlin skirting around the outside of Lewis-Skelly \u2013 they need to keep targeting him \u2013 but the cut-back is behind everyone. No matter: Blair, who looks extremely useful and was previously at Liverpool, moves in off the left, curving low towards the far bottom corner \u2026 and Kepa dives to tip away. This is a decent contest and is I\u2019m, duty-bound to report A Proper, Honest, Good, Old-Fashioned FA Cup<\/a> TieTM.<\/p>\n