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Carabao Cup: Preston beat Fulham 16-15 in record-breaking penalty shootout

Preston players run to celebrate with Ryan Ledson after he converted the winning spot-kick.
Preston players run to celebrate with Ryan Ledson after he converted the winning spot-kick. Photograph: Richard Sellers/PA

Ryan Ledson scored the winning penalty as Preston won a record-breaking shootout 16-15 to dump Fulham out of the Carabao Cup.

The third-round match at Deepdale finished 1-1 with Reiss Nelson cancelling out Ledson’s opener, giving little clue of the drama that was about to unfold. Ledson volleyed home in the 35th minute, before Arsenal loanee Nelson converted Ryan Sessegnon’s cross to level the game just after the hour mark.

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