League Two Fleetwood stuns Arsenal in Carabao Cup shootout

Fleetwood Town, 18th in League Two and 84 places below Arsenal, finished 1-1 after 90 minutes at Highbury Stadium and won 5-3 on penalties to reach the Carabao Cup quarter-finals. Aaron Loupalo-Bi, on loan from Fulham, scored in the 21st minute after beating Marli Salmon and finishing past debutant Illan Meslier. Viktor Gyokeres equalised in the 50th minute after Martin Odegaard's half-time introduction. Max Dowman, 16, was sent off in the 85th minute for kicking out at Harrison Neal following a lunge. Jay Lynch saved from Ben White and Odegaard late in normal time, and Kai Havertz headed wide. Lynch saved Bruno Guimaraes's penalty in the shootout; Conor Haughey scored the decisive kick. Arteta had made nine changes from a 2-0 win over Everton. The crowd was 5,300. Matt Lawlor said it was the biggest night in the club's history in terms of opposition coming to town and they had beaten the champions, adding they had not practised penalties once and he would not blag they had meticulous penalties planned. Jay Lynch said they took heart from Grimsby beating Man United last year and it means everything to everyone. Mikel Arteta said it was a really sad day, congratulated Fleetwood, had nothing to fault in the players' attitude, application and intensity, but when that superior and generating so many chances you have to score three, four, five and capitalise. no contested claims found.