Arsenal embarrassed in penalty-shootout loss to 4th-tier Fleetwood in English League Cup stunner
New Delhi, Oct. 28 -- Five months after losing on spot kicks to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final, Arsenal endured more shootout misery - this time at the 5,300-capacity Highbury Stadium, the intimate home ground of Fleetwood that bears the same name as Arsenal's storied former stadium.
Fleetwood - a team 84 positions further down the English soccer pyramid than Arsenal - converted all of its penalties and won the shootout 5-3. Arsenal's Bruno Guimaraes saw his shot saved in the only failed attempt in the shootout.
The match finished 1-1 in regulation - with Arsenal ending it with 10 men after a red card for 16-year-old prodigy Max Dowman.
"A really sad day for us," said Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta, who left out some f...
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