Brentford progressed to the fourth round of the Carabao Cup courtesy of a 4-2 penalty shoot-out win over Aston Villa, following a 1-1 draw after 90 minutes.

Hakon Valdimarsson - who had gifted Harvey Elliott the opener just before the break, ending Villa's run of 509 minutes without a competitive goal - was the hero for Keith Andrews' men, producing two brilliant saves to deny John McGinn and Matty Cash.

Mikkel Damsgaard rolled in the Bees' fourth penalty to send them into the next stage of the competition for the fourth time in six seasons.

Brentford had to soak up plenty of early pressure from their opponents who, after drawing a blank in their first four Premier League games, were beginning to grow desperate for a goal. But, crucially, they struggled to create anything of note in att

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