This competition may not be Mikel Arteta or Oliver Glasner?s top priority this season but that didn?t stop their sides from producing a spectacle full of blood and thunder. It was one-way traffic for Arsenal in the first half but they found Crystal Palace?s second-string goalkeeper Walter Ben?tez in an inspired mood as he kept his side in the contest with some fine saves.
An own goal from Maxence Lacroix looked to have booked a semi-final against Chelsea after Chris Richards had been carried off for Palace with a nasty gash to his ankle. But Marc Gu?hi had other ideas and his goal in the fifth minute of injury-time took this rematch of last year?s quarter-final to penalties. The first 15 were all successful before the unfortunate Lacroix saw his spot-kick saved by Kepa Arrizabalaga to send Arsenal through in dramatic style.
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