EFL Cup: Brighton & Hove Albion defeat Arsenal  3-1

EFL Cup: Brighton & Hove Albion defeat Arsenal 3-1

Arsenal suffered a third-round exit in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday in a sloppy 3-1 defeat at home to Brighton.

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Forward Eddie Nketiah opened the scoring on 20 minutes with a superb curled finish from just inside the 18-yard box.

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The hosts' good work was undone just eight minutes later when debutant goalkeeper Karl Hein gave away a penalty.

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Brighton were rewarded when winger Kaoru Mitoma sent them ahead with a powerful right-footed strike.

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Tariq Lamptey doubled their lead on 71 minutes, using his pace to get in behind the Arsenal defence and slot home.

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