CARABAO CUP : ARSENAL VS CRYSTAL PALACE – 23/12/2025 (PHOTO – ARSENAL GOALY KEPA ARRIZABALAGA SAVES PENALTY)

IF YOU ARE MAXENCE LACROIX TODAY – YOU MIGHT NOT BE FEELING SO CHIPPER – BECAUSE HE DIDN’T HAVE A GREAT DAY AT THE OFFICE YESTERDAY! ARSENAL HAD 17 SHOTS, WITH 7 ON-TARGET (69% POSSESSION), BUT NO GOALS AFTER 90 MINS. HOWEVER, THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD WON IN THE 80TH MINUTE AFTER PALACE’S MAXENCE LACROIX SCORED AN EXTREMELY UNFORTUNATE OWN GOAL.

CRYSTAL PALACE HAD 11 SHOTS WITH 2 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING A LATE EQUALISER FROM MARC GUEHI IN STOPPAGE-TIME AT 90 +5 MINS., MEANING THAT THE MATCH WENT ONTO PENALTIES.

A REALLY EXCITING PENALTY SHOOT-OUT ENSUED, WHICH KEPT EVERYONE ON-THE-EDGE-OF-THEIR-SEATS, UNTIL MAXENCE LACROIX’S SPOT-KICK WAS SAVED BY KEPA ARRIZABALAGA, THUS SECURING ARSENAL A PLACE IN THE SEMI-FINALS OF THE CARABAO CUP! (CHIN-UP LACROIX – IT JUST WASN’T YOUR DAY YESTERDAY!)

CARABAO CUP : ARSENAL VS CRYSTAL PALACE – 23/12/2025

MIKEL ARTETA SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH

MIKEL ARTETA AND OLIVER GLASNER SPEAK AFTER THE MATCH