Arsenal reach League Cup semis in shoot-outAFP, LONDONKepa Arrizabalaga was Arsenal’s League Cup quarter-final hero on Tuesday with the decisive penalty shoot-out save that completed a miserable evening for Crystal Palace defender Maxence Lacroix. Crystal Palace’s Jefferson Lerma, left, and Arsenal’s Eberechi Eze vie for the ball during their English League Cup quarter-final in London on Tuesday. It was a cathartic moment for the Spanish goalkeeper, who infamously refused to be substituted before Chelsea’s League Cup final penalty shoot-out defeat against Manchester City in 2018-2019. Kepa also missed a spot-kick in the Blues’ 2021-2022 League Cup final shoot-out loss to Liverpool. The north Londoners have only won the League Cup twice, with their last triumph coming in 1992-1993, before any of their current squad were born.

Source: Taipei Times December 24, 2025 18:48 UTC