Manchester City suffered an embarrassing Carling Cup exit after being beaten on penalties by Brighton.
Brighton’s Steve Thomson struck the post before a deflected Gelson Fernandes strike put City in front.
Glenn Murray fired in to send the game into extra-time and Joe Anyinsah turned and shot home to put Brighton ahead.
Stephen Ireland equalised, but Michael Ball missed in the penalty shoot-out and Matthew Richards held his nerve to send League One Brighton through.
Brighton keeper Michael Kuipers had saved from Ball with the home side up 4-3 on spot-kicks.
Richards stepped up to take the penalty needed to secure Brighton’s victory and he made no mistake as he sent his side through at the expense of their illustrious Premier League opponents.
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