Gillingham’s players endured a day of “carnage” before their shock penalty shootout victory over Premier League Brentford took them into the Carabao Cup fourth round for the first time in 26 years.
Mikkel Damsgaard was the first to miss in a high-quality shootout after Mikael Mandron scored with the League Two Gills only shot of the match to cancel out Ivan Toney’s third-minute opener.
The tie was delayed by 20 minutes due to Gillingham’s late arrival at the stadium and manager Neil Harris later revealed the players “had to climb…
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