Fleetwood fantasy sinks Arsenal on penalties

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Carabao Cup: Fleetwood 1 (Loupali-Bi 21) Arsenal 1 (Gyökeres 50) – Fleetwood win 5-3 on penaltiesIt’s more than 20 years since Arsenal played at Highbury, but their trip to League Two Fleetwood – and a stadium of the same name – did not bring back fond memories as they were dumped out of the Carabao Cup on penalties. Aaron Loupalo-Bi and Viktor Gyökeres exchanged goals in normal time, but Arsenal were unable to find a winner, despite being the dominant force, as Fleetwood battled to the end.

Goalkeeper Jay Lynch held his nerve to save from Bruno Guimarães in the shoot-out before Northern Irish 19-year-old Conor Haughey scored the winner to bring about a delirious pitch invasion. Fleetwood wanted to turn the occasion into a party, with pyrotechnics galore set off before the match, sending an acrid red mist across the pitch.

Once the whistle went, however, the fun quickly ended as…

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