Fourth-tier Fleetwood Town beat 10-man Arsenal 5-3 on penalties after a 1-1 ​draw in the League Cup last 16 on Tuesday (October 27, 2026), pulling ‌off a major upset at Highbury Stadium.

Aaron Loupalo-Bi ​put the League Two side ahead in ⁠the 21st minute, shrugging off Arsenal defender Marli Salmon before driving a tight-angle effort beyond goalkeeper Illan Meslier.

The match had been ‌interrupted early on for more than eight minutes after a drone was spotted above the stadium.

Arsenal ‌drew level four minutes after the break through ‌Viktor ⁠Gyokeres, who converted from close range after Ceadach ⁠O’Neill, making his senior debut, controlled a long ball from Piero Hincapie and delivered into the area.

Arsenal’s task became tougher when teenager Max ​Dowman was sent off ‌following an altercation with Fleetwood’s Neal near the halfway line.

Fleetwood weathered late Arsenal pressure, with Lynch making an important save from Ben White to take the tie ‌to penalties.

Lynch then dived to his left to ​palm away Guimaraes’ spot-kick to put his side ahead 4-3, before Conor Haughey sent Meslier ⁠the wrong way to fire his side into the quarterfinals.

“Amazing for the club, the town. Honestly it means everything ‌to everyone,” Lynch told Sky adding they took inspiration from Grimsby Town’s cup victory over Manchester United last season.

“We took heart from Grimsby beating Man Utd last year. We kind of compared it. The whole team throughout the game was magnificent. To beat the English champions — ‌credit to these lads.”

The victory was a remarkable result for Fleetwood, ​who sit in the bottom half of League Two and had won only one of their ⁠previous eight league matches. In contrast, Arsenal had won seven ⁠of their opening eight Premier League games and were also unbeaten in the Champions League.

Fleetwood will ‌discover their quarter-final opponents when the League Cup draw is made after the remaining fourth-round ties on Wednesday.

Rodri made his Barcelona debut in the team’s 2-0 win over Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish League on Thursday, while Chelsea and Fulham advanced to the third round of the English League Cup.

Barcelona’s match was supposed to feature a tribute to Spain’s World Cup champions but instead it became an act of support for the “estelada” flag, Catalonia’s pro-independence symbol.

Rodri’s first minutes with Barcelona

Rodri, signed from Manchester City after captaining Spain to the World Cup title, came off the bench in the 62nd minute to a warm welcome from the Camp Nou crowd.

“I’m happy to play my first game with Barcelona, happy for the victory, the second in a row for the team,” Rodri said. “It’s important to start gaining rhythm. I felt good with my first minutes.”

Rodri is one of eight World Cup winners in Barcelona’s squad, but the planned tribute for them ahead of the match didn’t take place after one of the club’s fans had an estelada flag taken away from him by police before the team’s game at Elche last weekend. He confronted the officers and ended up being hit and detained.

Instead of the tribute, an act supporting the estelada organized by a local group took place with Camp Nou laden with some 10,000 small flags that were handed to fans.

Raphinha and Fermín López scored a goal in each half to give Barcelona its second straight win to start the defense of its Spanish league title.

Athletic goalkeeper Unai Simón — Spain’s starter at the World Cup — made a series of outstanding saves to keep Barcelona from scoring more goals.

In the other La Liga game, Osasuna came from behind to win 2-1 at 10-man Celta Vigo.

No Enzo for Chelsea in League Cup win

Danny Welbeck’s goal and an own-goal by Hakeem Odoffin gave Chelsea a 2-0 win over third-division Luton in the second round of the English League Cup.

Chelsea coach Xabi Alonso fielded a strong lineup following a 3-2 win at Fulham in the Premier League on Monday, but Enzo Fernandez — reportedly of interest to Man City — was not in the squad.

Luton is coached by 34-year-old Jack Wilshere, the former Arsenal and England midfielder.

In the other League Cup game, Fulham defeated third-tier Wimbledon 3-0 with goals by Emile Smith Rowe, Rodrigo Muniz and Gonzalo García. It was coach Álvaro Arbeloa’s first win in charge of the London club.

Europa League: Salah’s Trabzonspor out

Mohamed Salah’s Trabzonspor was eliminated from the Europa League by Ferencvaros 5-0 on aggregate following a 4-0 away loss in the second leg.

Trabzonspor finished the game with nine men after having Ruslan Malinovskyi sent off in the 13th minute and Sidny Lopes Cabral in the 57th.

Salah, who scored his first goals with his new club over the weekend, was substituted in the second half.

Portugal’s Benfica beat Danish side AGF 3-1 on the road to advance 6-2 on aggregate. Gianluca Prestianni, who was disciplined for verbally abusing Vinícius Júnior in the Champions League last season, scored twice for Benfica.

In the Conference League playoffs, Rangers fell to Czech Republic side Jablonec in a penalty shootout.