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Real nightmare, Bayern shock, Stöger defeat: Fleetwood's sensational predecessors
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Arsenal's League Cup exit to fourth-tier Fleetwood Town ranks among the biggest cup upsets in recent memory; the article reviews comparable shocks from European football's 21st century.
Summary by MatchPal from the original report at kicker.de. Reporting and images belong to the source.
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UK timesStrong78 reports from 22 outlets. First reported by talkSPORT, Mon 11:09. The 9 newest are listed here.
- BBC Sport
- The Guardian
- ESPN
- Sky Sport Italia
- Sky Sports
- Fabrizio Romano
- r/soccer
- Kicker
- Voetbal International
- The Independent
- The Athletic
- The Telegraph
- NOS
- RMC Sport
- Diario AS
- talkSPORT
- Liverpool Echo
- Evening Standard
- Corriere dello Sport
- Mundo Deportivo
- Mirror
- MailOnline
- Fleetwood's victory was 'best moment of my life'BBC Sport
- 'This isn't supposed to happen': giant-slaying Fleetwood revels in fairytale Arsenal winThe Guardian
- Penalty against Arsenal 'like a dream' for HaugheyBBC Sport
- Football Daily | Fleetwood go their own way to down Arsenal and live Carabao Cup dreamThe Guardian
- Arsenal youth team beat EFL side 25 places above Fleetwood on same night as Carabao Cup nightmaretalkSPORT
4 more reports
- Conor Haughey: British teenager praised for helping Fleetwood Town dump Arsenal out of Carabao CupMirror
- Fleetwood humiliation exposed transfer mistake that could derail Arsenal's seasonMirror
- Real nightmare, Bayern shock, Stöger defeat: Fleetwood's sensational predecessorsKickerThis article
- Meet the unlikely heroes behind one of English football's greatest upsets: Fleetwood Town victory over Arsenal inspired by an ex-warehouse worker, 'the next Wayne Rooney' and a player who lost his fatMailOnline
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