Crawley Town 1, Arsenal u21s 2: New signing scores on debut for Reds but Gunners win
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Dannie Bulman and Lewis Young took charge of the side which included many changes from Saturday's league defeat to Cheltenham Town with Tom McGill, Archie Davies, Joe McNerney, Tom Dalllison, Manny Adebowale, David Sesay, Nathan Ferguson, Jack Powell, Sam Matthews, Brian Galach and Watters the starting line-up.
Jordan McEneff poked home on 15 minutes to give Arsenal the lead before Watters made his mark with an equaliser on 43 minutes who beat his man for pace before slotting home calmly.
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Hide AdMiguel Azeez made it 2-1 to the visitors ten minutes after the break. Crawley had chances to equalise with McNerney coming close but it was Arsenal who claimed the points.
The club tweeted at the end of the game: "Despite defeat it’s a promising showing tonight from the Reds who impressed going forward in many phases of the game.
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