Portsmouth v Arsenal live: Martinelli hat-trick sends Gunners easily past Pompey in FA Cup

Gabriel Martinelli hit the headlines for the right reasons by scoring a hat-trick as Arsenal overcame an early scare to thrash Championship strugglers Portsmouth 4-1 in the FA Cup third round.

Mikel Arteta’s Premier League leaders fell behind less than three minutes into a rain-soaked contest at Fratton Park when Pompey captain Colby Bishop finished from close range.

Andre Dozzell’s own goal quickly levelled the tie before Brazil forward Martinelli struck either side of Noni Madueke’s penalty miss to put the Gunners in control and completed his treble in the 72nd minute.

Martinelli was widely criticised for attempting to push the injured Conor Bradley off the pitch during Thursday evening’s goalless draw against Liverpool, with Bradley now ruled out for the season with a knee injury, although the Arsenal star has since apologised for his actions.

Mikel Arteta has been talking to TNT Sports after that victory and he was understandably a satisfied man.

He highlighted the return of Kai Havertz, the debut of 16-year-old Marli Salmon and Gabriel Martinelli’s “unusual” hat-trick as particular highlights.

Here’s the best of the action from today’s clash

The fourth round draw will take place on Monday 12 January, ahead of Liverpool’s tie against Barnsley at 7:45pm GMT.

The draw will take place in the broadcast before kick-off, which starts at 6:30pm, with the draw set to start at around 6:35pm GMT.

You can watch the FA Cup fourth-round draw live on TNT Sports 1, discovery+ and the TNT Sports YouTube channel.

The fourth round of the FA Cup will be played around the weekend of Saturday 14 February, with games likely to run from Friday to Monday, depending on TV picks.

Job done for Arsenal this afternoon. Safely into round four

A comfortable win for Arsenal in the end. Colby Bishop’s early goal stunned them slightly but they quickly got back level and then Gabriel Martinelli’s hat-trick – including two headers from corners – did the damage.

Championship strugglers Portsmouth were brave and held their own but it’s Mikel Arteta’s side into the fourth round as they keep rolling along

Now Colby Bishop is moving gingerly. Has he tweaked a hamstring as well? Pompey really can’t afford any more injuries. Bishop is soldiering on to stop the hosts going down to nine men.

Three minutes of added time.

Devlin with a brace block to concede a corner. Eze puts it into the near post and it’s scrambled behind for another corner. This time Bishop heads clear and Pompey breathe again

Eze’s snap-shot forces Bursik into a decent save and Portsmouth then defend the corner well despite the build-up.

But then grim news for Pompey. Umeh pulls up while running and his hamstring appears to have gone. This was his first real senior action, having battled injuries before, and now he’ll hobble off. Portsmouth have used all their subs so will end the match with 10 men

Here’s how Gabriel Martinelli got his first senior hat-trick