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By LUKE POWER, SPORTS REPORTER and OLIVER HOLT, CHIEF SPORTS WRITER Updated: 01: 59 AEDT, 8 March 2026 178 View comments Re-live Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the score, team news and updates as Mansfield hosted Arsenal at the One Call Stadium in the fifth round of the FA Cup, with Oliver Holt reporting from the ground. By Luke Power That's all we've got time for here. That was one of my favourite games of the season, proper gutsy, end-to-end, heart-in-mouth drama. Thirty-seven shots! Have a great weekend. By Luke Power We've still got a bumper night in the FA Cup! Wrexham will welcome Chelsea at 5. 45pm, sure to be a firecracker. And then Manchester City go to Newcastle at 8pm. Glorious. We'll be bringing you all of it. By Luke Power Max Dowman was so impressive today. Almost scored a couple of times and should have had an assist for Gabriel Jesus. Really promising stuff, as he always shows. But Arteta is wise to limit his minutes at this age. It's a long career and he's only 16. By Luke Power Mansfield have so much to be proud of today. Will Evans used to work on the family farm. Today he scored against arguably the best club team in the world, with arguably the best defence. They now turn their attnetions to League One. Reading at home on Tuesday night. They're only five points above the drop zone so are by no means safe. If they can perform like this every match, they should be alright. By Luke Power 'It was a proper FA Cup game. Great game, great crowd and atmosphere, a bit of banter as well. 'We have to be more ruthless than we were in front of goal today. The margin becomes smaller and you give hope to the opposition. . And we made a mistake that lost us momentum. But we had two 16-year-olds in the line-up and I'm proud of them. 'Everybody feels involved, we have the desire that game by game we get closer to what we can achieve. ' By Luke Power The effort today was incredible to make it a proper cup tie and uncomfortable for Arsenal. The lads were fantastic. 'We cut in [from the left] quite a bit. We set the tone early on. We didn't want to make it where Arsenal had 80 per cent possession. 'The number of efforts we've had today, absolutely brilliant. Arsenal will know they've been in a game. 'It's because we're pressing and on the front foot [that Evans scores]. 'We're very proud. It never got to the stage where it was too easy. 'The lads will get a couple of days off. We find it's beneficial with the home games that they get 48 hours of rest. The pitch is tough and takes it out of you. 'I've got a nagging feeling of we could have done it today. ' By Luke Power Rhys Oates: 'The gaffer said just have a go and that's what we did today. We made many more chances than we thought we could. They just scored two rockets. You can't fault the lads' work rate. 'Since I was a kid I've dreamed of playing for Arsenal or against them. I can say I've had a dream come true. ' Will Evans: 'I was gutted not to start and I thought if I got any chance I've got to prove a point. Typical me to go on a goal drought in the league and then score in a half against Arsenal. 'Football is thick and fast and it's on to the next game. It's Tuesday-Saturday for the rest of the season. ' By Luke Power Shots: Mansfield 18, Arsenal 19 Shots on target: Mansfield 5, Arsenal 8 Possession (per cent): Mansfield 33. 5, Arsenal 66. 5 Touches inside opposition box: Mansfield 30, Arsenal 55 Mansfield really pushed Arsenal - they pushed the visitors into 34 clearances compared to their 27! And the League One outfit defended well, making 22 tackles. In the end, they just couldn't take their chances. By Luke Power They've navigated one hurdle, but it's still a slippy month ahead. By the end of it, their Quadruple hopes might have thinned to a domestic Double. Feet up after that! By Luke Power By Luke Power 'I just saw the space and the opportunity to shoot and I took it. Tough environment today. 'This is what we aim for and push for every single day [competing on all fronts]. 'It's the mentality of taking each game as it comes and doing what needs to be done each game. ' By Luke Power Arsenal have done it - just about. The Premier League leaders were pushed all the way by Nigel Clough's team and came away with two injuries to Trossard and Calafiori. But their Quadruple dream stays alive while Mansfield's FA Cup journey is over. But they've earned a lot of credit today and have riled Arteta - he's having a go at the officials. I just turned on to watch and I had to hit the mut. ..
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