What changed
League Two Fleetwood Town have eliminated Premier League champions Arsenal from the Carabao Cup on penalties.
The reward is a place in the quarter-finals, turning Fleetwood’s night into one of the competition’s biggest shocks.
Why it matters
This is the kind of cup result that changes the shape of a season in a single shootout. Arsenal are gone. Fleetwood are still in, with a quarter-final now ahead of them.
The result also shows why knockout football remains so unforgiving. League status and recent success can explain the scale of the upset, but they do not decide who advances. Fleetwood held their nerve when the tie came down to penalties; Arsenal did not.
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