Arsenal edge into The FA Youth Cup quarter final at Coventry

Goalkeeper Hugo Keto rode to the rescue as Arsenal survived a tense penalty shoot-out against Coventry City to book an FA Youth Cup sixth round tie with Liverpool.

Jak Hickman put Coventry ahead before Tyrell Robinson equalised and that’s the way it stayed until the end of 90 minutes.

Donyell Malen thought he had netted the winner for the Gunners in the second half of extra time but Bassala Sambou struck at the death to force the tie to be decided by penalties.

However, Arsenal eventually got over the line as Keto saved three spot-kicks, including one to keep the visitors in it after the shoot-out had reached sudden death.

Hickman had shot over early on but he made amends on 23 minutes, firing low past Keto to break the deadlock.

But Gunners full-back Robinson showed great composure to race forward and equalise shortly after the half-hour mark.

In the second half, Jeff Reine-Adelaide saw an effort cleared off the line by a Coventry defender, while Sky Blues hot shot Sambou missed an excellent chance in injury time.

Substitute Malen found the net shortly after half-time of extra time from close range but the celebrations were put on hold when Sambou poked home at the death.

Keto saved Coventry’s second penalty in the shoot-out and once it had reached sudden death he repeated the feat to keep Arsenal in it, after Reine-Adelaide had struck the post.

And once Marc Bola had scored to make it 7-6, Keto denied Ronee Hendricks to earn a home clash with Liverpool in the next round.