Sky Sports were forced to repeatedly apologise after a hilarious X-rated interview with Fleetwood Town’s victorious EFL Cup stars.The League Two side pulled off one of the biggest upsets in the competition’s history after defeating Premier League champions Arsenal on penalties following a 1-1 draw in normal time.The Cod Army scored all of their five spot kicks, and Jay Lynch saved Bruno Guimaraes’ penalty to ensure they progressed. Lynch was then joined by Conor Haughey, who scored the match-winning effort, in a wholesome but hilarious post-match interview with Sky Sports.When asked what was going through his head before the decisive moment, Haughey had a slip of the tongue as he said: ‘I don’t know. ‘Pick my spot, hit top corner and run like f***. It’s just mental. The boys, I’m so proud of them. It just shows how good the team are.’ Sky Sports were forced to repeatedly apologise after a hilarious X-rated interview with Fleetwood Town star Conor Haughey Haughey (L) scored the winning penalty on the greatest night in the League Two side’s historyTouchline reporter Juliette Ferrington immediately apologised for the language, before she did so again at the end of the interview as Haughey awkwardly looked at her and the camera. When the coverage went back to the studio, Sky Sports then apologised twice more for the language, leaving some fans confused.Meanwhile, in the pitchside interview, Lynch, who also made several key saves in normal time, tried to put into words what the victory meant to him and his team-mates.’My voice has gone from organising the defence,’ he said. ‘The whole team throughout the game was magnificent. To beat the English champions – credit to these lads.’We took heart from Grimsby beating Man Utd last year. We kind of compared it.’It was a typical night in Fleetwood. We were expecting a storm, we knew the conditions would be horrible, so we thought it might go in our favour.’It’s amazing for the club and the town. Honestly it means everything to everyone.’The Gunners were left reeling after Tuesday night’s staggering result, with fans suffering an almighty meltdown outside the ground and on social media.Diehard Arsenal fan Piers Morgan hit out at Fleetwood’s ‘thuggish’ star Harrison Neal after his overzealous challenge on Max Dowman, 16, sparked a furious reaction from the youngster – leading to his sending off. ‘No way is that a straight red,’ his X post began. ‘Dowman was mown down in a thuggish way, and reacted like anyone would when someone nearly broke their leg. ‘Blaming a 16-year-old kid for Arsenal’s abject humiliation is also ridiculous. None of our players turned up.’AFTV regular Tai echoed Morgan’s sentiments, branding Fleetwood’s tackles in general as ‘disgusting’ and that Dowman is right to react with the likes of former players such as Aaron Ramsey and Eduardo being on the receiving end of leg-breaking tackles in the past.’You can criticise Max, but Max is 16. He’s seen that. Is he going to wait for his leg to be broken? The challenges that they were doing were absolutely disgraceful. This is disgusting,’ Tai told the AFTV YouTube channel. It was a woeful night for the Gunners, who suffered one of the biggest shock defeats in the competition’s history WHEN YOUNG STARS SEE RED Wayne Rooney – Everton vs Birmingham, December 2002Rooney became the youngest player to be sent off in the Premier League after he saw red in the closing stages of Everton’s Boxing Day clash against Birmingham City.Aged 17 years and 63 days old at the time, Rooney’s aggression got the better of him as he was dismissed 15 minutes after coming on as a substitute.Rooney had miscontrolled the ball and responded with a late challenge on Steve Vickers, catching the defender on his ankle.Everton boss David Moyes suggested Rooney should have been shown a yellow card but Birmingham manager Steve Bruce stated post-match that Vickers had required eight stitches after the incident.Michael Owen – Liverpool vs Man United, April 1998An 18-year-old Owen saw red as Liverpool drew 1-1 with rivals Manchester United in the Premier League.Owen had earlier equalised for Liverpool as the forward cancelled out a Ronny Johnsen opener. The two players were then involved in the incident that saw Owen’s match come to a premature end.The Liverpool star was shown a second yellow card for a late challenge on Johnsen, who was ultimately forced off on a stretcher.Man United boss Sir Alex Ferguson hit out at Owen post-match over a what he labelled a ‘terrible tackle’.Myles Lewis-Skelly – Arsenal vs Wolves, January 2025The Arsenal youngster was controversially shown a straight red card for a foul on Matt Doherty during a 1-0 victory.Lewis-Skelly had caught Doherty on his ankle as the Wolves full back looked to break, with Arteta stating post-match that he was ‘absolutely fuming’ at the decision.Arsenal succeeded in overturning Lewis-Skelly’s three-match ban following an appeal. Lewis-Skelly was sent off for a second time just weeks later.Lionel Messi – Argentina vs Hungary, August 2005Messi’s Argentina debut lasted just 47 seconds as the 18-year-old was sent off moments after coming off the bench in a friendly against Hungary.The Barcelona sensation had barely touched the ball before being pulled back by Hungary’s Vilmos Vanczak.Messi responded by swinging his arm back, hitting Vanczak in the face. Despite protestations from his Argentina team-mates, Messi was sent off for violent conduct by the referee. <!- – ad: https://mads.dailymail.co.uk/v8/us/sport/football/article/other/mpu_factbox.html?id=mpu_factbox_1 – ->
‘The ref was not doing his job so now what we have is a situation where players again endanger other players’ career. Aaron [Ramsey] nearly had his leg amputated. Eduardo nearly had his leg amputated.’I expect players to not endanger other players’ careers. Max is 16. He does not want to get his leg broken like happened to Aaron and Eduardo. Now, you can say Max is wrong but Max is trying to defend himself.’The referee did not do his job, and it is scandalous. It’s disgraceful. And I’m disgusted that we’ve come here to face this. Fleetwood Town should be ashamed of themselves because that’s a tackle that endangers our players careers.’While Tai was unhappy with the refereeing display, his fellow AFTV member Julian chose to blame the pitch dimensions for the visitors’ defeat at Highbury Stadium, home of League Two Fleetwood.’It’s 102metres long, the Premier League is 105m long: it’s just under three per cent difference,’ Julian quipped.’When you have a margin of that kind of level, it is only small but it can make a difference. And what that allowed Fleetwood to do was to make it easier for them to condense the play on a smaller pitch – which they’re used to playing on.’We’re not talking about the main reason why they lost, we’re talking about the small margins and the smaller margins tonight was three metres less in length in the pitch. It’s one of the smaller reasons.’