Brentford was knocked out of the Carabao Cup as Gillingham produced one of the shock football scores of the midweek action. After both teams had a perfect record in the shootout, Mikkel Damsgaard, a Danish international, missed the critical penalty kick in sudden death just one day after being called up to Denmark’s World Cup roster. Ivan Toney of Brentford opened the scoring early on in the game, which had already been delayed by 20 minutes due to the League Two team having to walk the final 10 minutes of their journey due to traffic. However, Gillingham’s Michael Mandron, a substitute, tied the score with their first chance on goal in the 75th minute to force penalties.
A long ball forward from the visitors found Keane Lewis-Potter entirely unmarked in the area, and the Brentford forward squared for Toney to tap in. This demonstrated the League Two team’s hasty preparations. In a one-sided first half, the Premier League team maintained their lead while numerous other World Cup prospects sought to join Toney in scoring.
After the break, Brentford continued to dominate, and Toney missed the game’s most obvious scoring opportunity when he pulled wide after being put through one-on-one. However, with 15 minutes remaining, Gills forward Mandron headed in a cross at the near post, which proved to be the League Two team’s sole attempt all evening. Turner made a good stop from Ethan Pinnock at the other end as Brentford looked for a quick winner, but the premier league visitors ran out of time and the game headed to penalty kicks. After Toney’s effort was scored using his signature run-up and the subsequent 10 penalty kicks all found the back of the net, Damsgaard hit the crossbar to cheers from the away supporters.
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