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Penalty shootout record set as Villa U21s pip Blackpool

A new English professional record for most penalties taken in a shootout was set on Tuesday as Aston Villa's Under-21 side beat Blackpool 18-17 in a marathon effort to advance in the Vertu Trophy.

After the game finished 1-1 at the end of normal time, the second-round tie was decided by an epic battle from the spot.

After two of the first five penalties of the shootout failed to find the net, it took another 33 spot-kicks to settle the result.

Eventually it was decided with the 38th penalty, with Blackpool's Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel hitting the post having already taken one successful penalty earlier in the showdown from 12 yards.