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Arsenal outgunned by League Two English minnows
Press Association •  October 28th, 2026 11:40 am
Fleetwood Town have stunned Arsenal to reach the English League Cup quarters | Photo: AP
League Two Fleetwood Town have shocked Premier League champions Arsenal in a penalty shootout to advance to the English League Cup quarter-finals.
Bruno Guimaraes saw 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 on Tuesday night (Wednesday NZ Time) as Fleetwood triumphed 5-3 in one of the greatest upsets in the competition's history.
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 on the Fylde coast.
Aaron Loupalo-Bi scored the hosts' goal to send shockwaves across the country | Photo: AP
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 Gyokeres managed to turn in his first goal of the season.
But as Arsenal turned 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.
Jay Lynch's one save in the shootout was enough to get Fleetwood home | Photo: AP
Bradford City are through to the last eight for the first time since they reached Wembley in 2013 with a 2-0 win over Peterborough United in an all-League One affair at Valley Parade.
Bradford manager Michael Duff had called for his side to be more productive from corners and they obliged on 13 minutes when Callum Connolly's set-piece was turned in by defender Macaulay Gillesphey.
Peterborough goalkeeper Alex Bass made a number of saves before the break, but after it they went close twice to scoring themselves before conceding again in the 67th minute through Adam Phillips, who also had another cleared off the line.
