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1. Bradford City 1 (3)-1 (2) Arsenal, League Cup, 11th December 2012
(Bradford - Thompson 16; Arsenal - Vermaelen 88)
Arsenal were knocked out of the Capitol One Cup in humiliating fashion by League Two outfit Bradford. The Bantams truly deserved the result for the enormous effort they put in over the course of 120 minutes. On a questionable pitch, and an extremely cold night, Bradford set about hassling their esteemed opponents, and scored the opening goal on 16 minutes, thanks to school boy marking from Arsenal. Arsenal huffed and puffed, but barely troubled a well drilled Bradford. There was no creativity, incisiveness and certainly no inspiration. Arsenal got their equalizer on 88 minutes, when Vermaelen headed in a Cazorla cross. Arsenal came close to scoring in extra time, but the post came to Bradford’s rescue. The post helped them secure passage into the semi-finals as well, when Vermaelen conked his decisive spot kick on to the post.
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