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Fleetwood Town knock Arsenal out of Carabao Cup on penalties
Fleetwood Town knocked Arsenal out of the Carabao Cup on penalties after a last-16 tie that finished level in normal time.[1, 5] Aaron Loupalo-Bi and Viktor Gyökeres exchanged goals in normal time, according to The Guardian.[1] The match was delayed for more than eight minutes after a drone was spotted above the stadium, and the teams left the field while officials assessed the situation before play resumed.[2, 3]
Fleetwood later took the lead, as IJR reported.[2] Fleetwood sit 84 places below Arsenal in the English pyramid and were heavy underdogs, The Athletic reported.[6] The Guardian described Arsenal as the dominant force but unable to find a winner as Fleetwood battled to the end.[1]
Why it matters Arsenal are eliminated from the Carabao Cup, with fourth-tier Fleetwood Town advancing.[1, 5]
Covered by The Guardian, IJR, BBC News and 3 more
Read first Fleetwood-Arsenal halted for eight minutes because of drone
How balanced is this coverage?
Of the 2 rated outlets that covered it, 1 is left of center, 0 are center and 1 is right of center (1 of them in the Right group). 4 more are not rated.
Too few left- or right-leaning outlets to compare: 1 of 42 left-leaning, 0 of 33 center and 1 of 38 right-leaning outlets covered it.
No center outlets in Tare's list covered it.
- Left: none.
- Leans left: The Guardian (−0.70).
- Center: none.
- Leans right: none.
- Right: IJR (+1.52).
Not rated The Athletic, BBC News, CNET, ESPN. Not placed: they have no lean score.
Each dot is an outlet that covered it, placed by its audience-lean score (Eady et al. 2025), which measures who shares its links, not how accurate it is. The ticks under the line are all 113 rated outlets Tare reads.
Read across the spectrum
- Left-leaning Fantastic Fleetwood seal shootout success in Carabao Cup shock against Arsenal
- Center No center outlet in Tare's list covered it.
- Right-leaning Unauthorized Drone Halts Fleetwood-Arsenal Cup Match