Arsenal Under-18s won their second game in the space of two days as they beat Leicester City 3-1 on Saturday.
The Gunners had advanced to the fifth round of the FA Youth Cup 24 hours earlier when they beat Swansea City by the same scoreline.
They continued their good form the following day when goals from Yassin Fortune, Josh Dasilva and Savvas Mourgos were all on target in a convincing win in the Midlands.
Dasilva went close early on when some hard work from Mourgos created an opportunity, but his driven effort was well saved.
Kairo Mitchell opened the scoring for the hosts when his strike deflected off Kostas Pileas and looped over Ryan Huddart.
Fortune soon equalised when he raced into the box and fired into the bottom corner after Mourgos played him in.
Mourgos was then on the scoresheet himself when his shot was saved but the ball fell to Nathan Tella who cut it back to the midfielder to fire in from a few yards out.
Dasilva curled a wonderful free-kick into the top corner six minutes from the end to put the game beyond doubt.
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