Brighton

We did not find out if Alexis Mac Allister can do it on a cold, damp, December night at Charlton in the Carabao Cup. Turns out his Brighton team-mates could ...

After Maynard-Brewer saved Caicedo's spot-kick, Lavelle stepped up to win the tie for Charlton. It went to penalties and Brighton missed their first two, Pascal Gross and Leandro Trossard striking the woodwork. When you make mistakes like this, you have to lose the game.’ They are still flying the flag for the capital, thanks to Sam Lavelle’s final penalty which was buried with considerable power and sparked wild celebrations. Instead Charlton go into the quarter-final draw. We will never know if Alexis Mac Allister could have done it on a cold, damp, December night at Charlton in the Carabao Cup.

Roberto De Zerbi admitted Brighton were not good enough and owed their traveling supporters an apology after being knocked out of the Carabao Cup by ...

It was a special night. You flip a coin really and Ash was fantastic. We rode our luck at times against a high-calibre Premier League side, so we needed to suffer without the ball and stay in it.

Missed opportunities don't get much bigger or more painful than Brighton & Hove Albion's exit from this season's Carabao Cup. Collectively and individually ...

[Ashley Maynard-Brewer](https://theathletic.com/football/player/ashley-maynard-brewer-DQvDPKHjC77xeKlC/). [Solly March](https://theathletic.com/football/player/solly-march-k0dRs3tAHsUAsbFh/) squandered a chance to put De Zerbi’s side through by blazing Brighton’s fifth penalty over the bar and into the away fans packed behind that goal. But, leading the line last night in the absence of the injured [Danny Welbeck](https://theathletic.com/football/player/danny-welbeck-WBYOwrX2DtABxF5N/), the German did nothing to suggest he deserves more chances in his 79 minutes on the pitch. By the finish, five were on the pitch, as [Kaoru Mitoma](https://theathletic.com/football/player/kaoru-mitoma-ffIJWkcUofTmQsTJ/), [Leandro Trossard](https://theathletic.com/football/player/leandro-trossard-HJyxXESUhYHWIWiJ/) and [Pervis Estupinan](https://theathletic.com/football/player/pervis-estupinan-HY5AKFE6gtNBieYq/) were all used from the bench at different stages of the second half in the quest to break Charlton’s resilient resistance. [Deniz Undav](https://theathletic.com/football/player/deniz-undav-fZFbPgzL3juZ9D52/) offered hope of kick-starting his Brighton career by scoring both goals in a friendly draw against Villa that climaxed a week of warm-weather training in Dubai during the World Cup. [Japan](https://theathletic.com/football/team/japan/) left-winger Mitoma, so effective as an impact substitute for club and country, played the entire second half but couldn’t produce any telling magic on this occasion. OK, this game is different, because Charlton aren’t in the first (top) division, but it’s not the first time when you have 10 or 15 chances and you don’t score that there is the possibility to lose the game. Trossard hit the bar and Caicedo’s attempt was saved by [Moises Caicedo](https://theathletic.com/football/player/moises-caicedo-Q6RUzfKA90DUFMdB/) and [Tariq Lamptey](https://theathletic.com/football/player/tariq-lamptey-Tmux88t0ox8l2atA/). “Aston Villa also was a good game. [Manchester United](https://theathletic.com/football/team/manchester-united/), [Leicester City](https://theathletic.com/football/team/leicester-city/) and [Wolverhampton Wanderers](https://theathletic.com/football/team/wolverhampton-wanderers/), and drawn with [Newcastle United](https://theathletic.com/football/team/newcastle-united/) and [Nottingham Forest](https://theathletic.com/football/team/nottingham-forest/). [League One](https://theathletic.com/football/efl-league-one/) strugglers [Charlton Athletic](https://theathletic.com/football/team/charlton-athletic/) in south-east London last night.