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Toronto Star
· collected 2026-09-15 · by Steve Douglas The Associated Press
Arsenal secured a 4-2 victory over Ipswich Town in the English League Cup, demonstrating their strength with a near-second-choice lineup and extending their winning streak to six matches across all competitions. In contrast, Tottenham Hotspur suffered another defeat, losing 3-1 to Liverpool amid poor goal-scoring form this season despite significant financial investment. Max Dowman, Arsenal’s 16-year-old attacking midfielder, scored two goals in the match, further solidifying his reputation as a prodigious talent.
Written by the local model on 2026-09-16,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Mikel Arteta's Arsenal secured their place in the Carabao Cup fourth round with a 4-2 victory over Ipswich Town on September 15, 2026. The win came after two goals from Max Dowman, along with strikes by Mikel Merino and Noni Madueke. Despite strong performances from Ipswich's Anis Mehmeti and Chuba Akpom, Arsenal maintained their unbeaten start to the season.
Arsenal, who have been runners-up four times in the past 20 years but have yet to win the competition, looked to strengthen their squad for this year’s campaign by giving several players, including Viktor Gyokeres and Martin Zubimendi, valuable playing time against Ipswich. The team's next challenge involves a series of away games before the international break.
Meanwhile, Spurs and Liverpool faced off in another Carabao Cup match on the same day, with both teams aiming to progress further in the competition to improve their performance following disappointing starts to the Premier League season. The draw for the fourth round took place on September 16, 2026, around 10:15 PM BST, broadcast live on Sky Sports. Subscribers could also watch it online via the Sky Go app and follow live updates through Standard Sport’s blog. Both teams are looking to make use of the Carabao Cup as a platform for their managers, Andoni Iraola and Roberto de Zerbi, to rotate their squads and test new strategies.
Written for “Carabao Cup Matches Updates” on 2026-09-17,
grounded in this article and the 13 other(s) covering the same event.
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Arsenal can’t stop winning.
asserted
Arsenal → stop → ?
As for big-spending Tottenham, just scoring a goal is a feat in itself this season.
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scoring → score → itself
The current gulf between the two north London rivals was highlighted in the English League Cup on Tuesday, with Arsenal fielding almost an entire second-choice lineup and still overwhelming fellow Premier League team Ipswich in a 4-2 win in the third round.
Make that six straight win across all competitions to open the season for Arsenal.
Then there’s Tottenham, which lost 3-1 in the pouring rain at Liverpool and isn’t getting much return on its incredible $400 million outlay on new players in the summer transfer window.
At least Spurs scored.
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Spurs → highlight → window
They haven’t managed that in four Premier League games so far this season.
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They → manage → games
Dowman, aged just 16, boosts his reputation with 2 goals
Max Dowman, a 16-year-old prodigy, enhanced his budding reputation with a goal early in each half, while Noni Madueke and Mikel Merino also netted for the English champions as they soared into a 4-0 lead.
“He is only 16 years old and we have to be careful,” Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said of Dowman, an attacking midfielder who last year became the youngest player in Champions League history, at age 15 years and 308 days.
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who → age → age
“We don’t want to stop him, but we need to develop him.
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we → want → him
We’re fully aware of what he needs and he will have full opportunities to play.”
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he → ’re → opportunities
Arsenal’s impressive strength in depth should enable Arteta’s squad to challenge on multiple fronts.
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strength → enable → fronts
“That’s what we want, to face every game, every competition with the same mentality, attitude and desire,” Arteta said, “and so far we are doing it.”
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we → ’ → it
De Zerbi calls on Spurs players to ‘shoot better’
Spurs’ only victory in six games this season was against second-tier Charlton in the previous round of the League Cup.
In the Premier League, they have two draws and two losses — and no goals.
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they → call → draws
Conor Gallagher’s header at a corner in the 69th minute gave Tottenham hope after goals by Alexis Mac Allister and Cody Gakpo put Liverpool 2-0 ahead.
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goals → give → Liverpool
Dominik Szoboszlai’s long-range piledriver in the first minute of stoppage time ended any chance of a comeback by the visitors, who racked up 17 mostly wayward shots.
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who → end → shots
“We have to shoot more times and we have to shoot better,” Tottenham manager Roberto De Zerbi said.
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Zerbi → have → ?
“We have to finish better the clear situations.”
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We → have → ?
Tottenham isn’t playing in European competition this season, so its only realistic chance of silverware lies with the FA Cup starting in January.
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Cup → play → January
“I don’t know if the click is (coming) on Saturday or not,” De Zerbi said, looking ahead to Aston Villa’s visit in the league, “... because we have enough qualities to score many goals with these players.”
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we → know → players
Fulham and Brentford progress
Premier League teams Fulham and Brentford also advanced to the fourth round.
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teams → progress → round
Fulham won 3-2 at second-tier West Ham and Brentford beat third-tier Reading 2-1.
asserted
Brentford → win → Reading
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