Fantastic Fleetwood seal shootout success in Carabao Cup shock against Arsenal
It’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 f…
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