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12/23 17:16 CST Arsenal beats Crystal Palace in penalty shootout to reach
League Cup semifinals
Arsenal beats Crystal Palace in penalty shootout to reach League Cup semifinals
LONDON (AP) --- Arsenal will face Chelsea in the English League Cup semifinals
after beating Crystal Palace 8-7 on penalties following a 1-1 draw in normal
time Tuesday.
Kepa Arrizabalaga stopped Maxence Lacroix's spot kick to seal the shootout
victory at Emirates Stadium.
Lacroix's own goal in the 80th minute had given Arsenal the lead before Marc
Guehi equalized for Palace deep into stoppage time.
Manchester City will play defending champion Newcastle in the other semifinal.
Arsenal took the lead when Palace failed to clear Bukayo Saka's corner. Lacroix
knocked the ball over his line and shook his head in disbelief.
In the fifth minute of stoppage time, Jefferson Lerma headed down and Adam
Wharton's free kick for Guehi to sweep it into the goal.
The penalty takers were perfect up until Lacroix's effort. Arrizabalaga dove
right and stopped it.
"We generated a lot (of chances). We should have scored many more goals than
the one that we scored," Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta told Sky Sports.
"Overall, another victory, I'm really happy."
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