Arsenal coasted to the quarterfinals of the FA Cup, beating Portsmouth 2-0 Monday to kick off the fifth round of the competition.
Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Eddie Nketiah score the goals, sandwiching halftime with a pair of strikes after Portsmouth had kept it tight for the first 45 minutes.
It was in first-half stoppage time that Sokratis struck for the opener, which Reiss Nelson's cross whipped home by the Greek center back after a set piece wasn't fully cleared initially by the League One hosts.
Nketiah doubled the advantage in the 51st minute, squeezing through the defense on a near-post run and tucking in the insurance goal off another Nelson cross.