Brentford suffer defeat against League Two side Gillingham in the Carabao Cup

Brentford crashed out of the Carabao Cup after suffering a penalty shootout defeat against League Two side Gillingham.

The Bees were infront after World Cup hopeful Ivan Toney gave Brentford an early lead.

However, their opponents came out of the blocks in the second half, after Thomas Frank’s side sat back.

The Gills duly hauled themselves back into the match when Mikael Mandron’s late header made it 1-1 after 90 minutes.

Toney did at least have the chance to showcase his nerveless penalty technique in the shoot-out one last time before Gareth Southgate names his squad by tucking in his side’s first.

But after 11 successful spot-kicks Mikkel Damsgaard crashed his against the crossbar to give Gillingham an unlikely win and a place in round four.

Toney’s goal came after only three minutes and was probably the simplest of his nine so far this season.

The 26-year-old had endured a tough few days, having been suspended at Nottingham Forest on Saturday before it emerged that he is the subject of a Football Association probe into an alleged historic breach of betting rules.

Then as half-time approached Saman Ghoddos planted a looping header against the woodwork.

Toney should have doubled the lead when he was found in the area by Josh Dasilva but he lashed his shot across goal and narrowly wide.

Then, in the 73rd minute, Gillingham equalised from out of nowhere with their only effort on target.

Alex MacDonald had an instant impact off the bench with the inviting cross which was headed in by fellow substitute Mandron.

Goalkeeper Jake Turner kept Gillingham on course for a shoot-out with a stunning save to keep out Ethan Pinnock’s 89th-minute header, and when Damsgaard’s spot-kick came back off the crossbar they celebrated a famous win.