Newcastle beat Arsenal 2-0 in the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final ... Puma ball is used, whereas a Nike ball is used in the Premier League. Clubs are given balls to train with before EFL ...

Gunners chief Arteta suggested the “tricky” Puma ball used by the EFL in its flagship competition had been a factor in his side’s shooting woes during the 2-0 semi-final first leg defeat by ...

The English Football League (EFL) have waded into the fallout of Arsenal‘s 2-0 Carabao Cup semi-final first ... Arteta blamed the Puma-manufactured match ball for his team’s poor finishing ...

The English Football League (EFL) has defended the Puma match ball used in the Carabao ... made comments following his team's 2-0 defeat to Newcastle in the semi-final. Arteta suggested the ...

The EFL has defended the Puma ball that Arsenal and Newcastle used in the Carabao Cup semi final first leg. The Gunners head coach stated that his players were having a hard time adjusting to its ...

Arsenal, like all participating teams, had several days to practice with the ball before their semi-final ... EFL has since ...

Pressed by reporters about the issues with the ball ... from the team’s Premier League form. Before Tuesday’s semi-final first leg, 27 of Arsenal’s 51 shots in the EFL Cup this season ...

The EFL have made a statement in defence of the Carabao Cup match ball after Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said it affected his side’s performance against Newcastle. Arsenal fell 2-0 to Newcastle in ...

They ended with an expected goals figure of 3.12 -- the highest for a Premier League team in any ... game, the PUMA ball used in this season's Carabao Cup and in EFL competition since 2021-22 ...

This article was updated on January 9 to reflect the ball ... final first leg when — unprompted by any journalist in the room — he raised an unlikely issue that, he felt, helps explain his ...

Harvey Elliott celebrates scoring for Liverpool against Southampton in the EFL Cup quarter-final / IMAGO / Sportimage ... Postecoglou's and Ruben Amorim's teams.