Overview
- Arsenal prevailed 8-7 in the shootout after a 1-1 draw, with Kepa Arrizabalaga saving Maxence Lacroix’s effort to decide it.
- The hosts led in the 80th minute through a Lacroix own goal before Marc Guehi equalised in the 95th minute to force penalties.
- Walter Benitez kept Palace in contention with multiple first-half saves as Arsenal dominated early but lacked a cutting edge.
- Mikel Arteta made eight changes and gave Gabriel Jesus his first start since a long-term knee injury as he marked his 100th Arsenal appearance.
- Play included lengthy added time after Chris Richards was stretchered off, and the quarter-final had been moved to December 23 to ease Palace’s schedule, with the Chelsea semi-final legs due at Stamford Bridge in mid-January and the Emirates in early February.