Premier League champions Arsenal were knocked out of the Carabao Cup after a stunning loss to fourth-tier Fleetwood Town following a penalty shootout on Tuesday.
Bruno Guimarães had his spot-kick saved by Jay Lynch before Fleetwood’s teenage defender Conor Haughey lashed home an emphatic penalty to spark a pitch invasion at Highbury Stadium as the League Two side triumphed 5-3 in one of the greatest upsets in the competition’s history
The match finished 1-1 in regulation.
Eighty-four positions separate the teams in the English football pyramid.
Fleetwood, 18th in League Two, dared to dream after Fulham loanee Aaron Loupalo-Bi put them in front after 21 minutes against a much-changed Arsenal side struggling to find any fluidity.
The halftime introduction of Martin Odegaard changed the game as the Gunners looked much improved after the break, drawing level in the 50th minute when Viktor Gyökeres just about managed to turn in his first goal of the season.
But as Arsenal tuned up the the heat without reward, their frustration boiled over as their teenage prodigy Max Dowman was sent off with five minutes left to play.
There was still time for Lynch to make huge saves from Ben White and Odegaard before it went to a shootout in which Fleetwood were perfect from the spot to secure a historic win.
