(Only) 1 winner and 4 losers from Arsenal's embarrassing defeat to Fleetwood

Arsenal suffered what will almost definitely be the most embarrassing moment of their season on Tuesday night when they were knocked out of the Carabao Cup by League Two Fleetwood Town at Highbury Stadium.

Mikel Arteta rang the changes, as you do for an early-round League Cup game, but this came back to bite the Spanish manager. The makeshift eleven he fielded looked extremely disjointed in the first half, and Fleetwood capitalised, taking the lead courtesy of an inexperienced defensive moment from Marli Salmon.

While the Gunners utterly dominated the second half and found an equaliser via Viktor Gyokeres, they were never quite able to break through and find the winner, despite creating several good chances.

Max Dowman's late red card was a sour note, as was yet another penalty shootout loss, bringing back the scars of Budapest. Ultimately, this result won't have a huge impact on Arsenal's season, but Gunners supporters are now in for several days of torment.

Here is the only winner and the four biggest losers from Arsenal's game against Fleetwood.

The solitary winner - Ceadach O'Neill

Basically nobody from Arsenal's camp emerges with credit from this game, given the context. However, Ceadach O'Neill deserves a shout-out for making his first-team debut for the club.

The 18-year-old performed admirably in his first outing, which was played in difficult conditions against a physical side. He wasn't helped in the first half by largely receiving the ball isolated on the touchline, but he made an impression with some of his contributions in the second half.

Creating the goal for Gyokeres with a delightful clip into the box, the teenager came alive after this moment with some tricky dribbling and creative passes.

There's potential in this player, and he'll certainly get more opportunities to impress whilst Bukayo Saka and Christos Tzolis are injured.

Loser #1 - Max Dowman

These cup games are Dowman's opportunities to impress and stake a claim to play more regularly in the league. He didn't take this opportunity.

While most of Arsenal's dangerous attacking play flowed through him in the first half, producing some excellent deliveries from set-pieces and mazey runs, all that will be remembered from his performance is his red card incident.

It was harsh. The referee needlessly punished him to the nth degree for a minor indiscretion. However, he still shouldn't have reacted the way he did, and he got a public telling-off from Arteta as he left the pitch.

Ultimately, it's a learning moment for Dowman, who will need to take the lesson from this that Bukayo Saka learned a long time ago. When you're good, bad players are going to try and hurt you to counteract your quality. You can't rise to it.

Loser #2 - Cristhian Mosquera

Cristhian Mosquera is in danger of getting left behind in Arteta's squad, with Ezri Konsa performing so excellently and William Saliba returning soon. He did himself no favours on Tuesday night.

While he had few problems defending against League Two strikers - which can't be said of Salmon - he did struggle in possession. Wayward passes and a lack of progression in his play will have frustrated Arteta, who was looking for a response from the Spaniard.

Loser #3 - Piero Hincapie

Like Mosquera, Piero Hincapie had a chance to put himself back into the picture for big upcoming games. Like his centre-back counterpart, he failed to do this.

Too many overhit crosses and poor choices in possession in the final third showcased the difference in offensive quality between him and Riccardo Calafiori.

Loser #4 - Martin Zubimendi

Martin Zubimendi's face is not the only thing that looks damaged. The midfielder, who wore a mask over his bruised nose, looks alarmingly short on confidence.

He should've bossed this game from the start, given he was receiving the ball with time and space constantly in front of the back four. Instead, Arteta was forced to introduce Martin Odegaard at half-time to liven up Arsenal's stale midfield.

The World Cup winner unfortunately did nothing to push himself up the pecking order. It's extremely important that he rediscover himself at some point this season, but Tuesday night was not the night.