Man United 2-3 Brighton: Carrick's men squander two-goal lead as Seagulls reach fourth round - as it happened

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Brighton came back from 2-0 down to beat Manchester United 3-2 and progress to the fourth round of the Carabao Cup.

Michael Carrick's men got off to a dream start after Shea Lacey and Mason Mount scored in the space of 97 seconds, to lead by two after just 10 minutes.

But Charalampos Kostoulas reduced the arrears before half-time, and the Seagulls were dominant in the second half as Pascal Groß and Maxim de Cuyper completed the turnaround.

Here's how it happened.

- Man United need wins after bad week of JJ Gabriel unrest, protests and derby drama

It has been a tumultuous few days on the red side of Manchester. Erling Haaland scored the only goal on Sunday as Manchester City took the points at Old Trafford, but referees' organisation Pro Ref admitted the goal was allowed in error.

VAR audio revealed that the two video assistants failed to consider the impact of Enzo Fernández on Lisandro Martínez and Senne Lammens, only whether or not he touched the ball.

Though Carrick said "moving on" was a priority for his squad, another crisis seems to have arisen after sources told ESPN that 15-year-old wonderkid JJ Gabriel requested to leave the club -- and as such, he is not expected to be involved on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Fabian Hürzeler was hopingn to build on a strong start to the Premier League season which has seen the Seagulls win two, lose one and draw of their four Premier League matches so far.

They put five past newly-promoted Coventry City on Sunday -- with as many different goalscorers, as defender Lewis Dunk scored the pick of the bunch.

Both sides started their competition journey tonight, receiving byes for being in European competition this season.

Brighton will meet either Manchester City or Norwich in the next round.