Pervis Estupiñán 'embarrassing' as Brighton exit the EFL Cup

The left-back took a dive in the box in the second-half of Albion’s 0-0 draw with the South London side in the fourth round of the EFL Cup last night (December 21).

The Ecuadorian was chasing down a 50/50 ball after Addicks’ defender Jesurun Rak-Sakyi slipped in the box whilst in possession. Estupiñán dramatically fell to the floor, as Rak-Sakyi withdrew his foot at the last minute, highlighting the lack of contact made between the two players.

Sam Wilson tweeted: “Can we talk about Estupinan's penalty shout please. Absolute stonewall... yellow card for him. Awful attempt to buy a foul.”

Nathan wrote: “Wishing you a speedy recovery son @PervisEstupinan.”

Rob Byford also tweeted: “Shameful dive.”

Another fan wrote: “@PervisEstupinan Tom Daley has offered some coaching.”

Brighton eventually crashed out of the competition on penalties, losing 4-3 to the home side after an eventful shootout.

Rak-Sakyi saw his spot-kick saved, to leave Brighton one kick away from the quarter-finals, leading 2-1 after four penalties.

However, Solly March blazed over the bar with the crucial kick, before Estupiñán’s fellow countrymen Moises Caicedo saw his penalty saved to give Charlton match point.

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Defender Sam Lavelle then rifled home from the spot, to send the League One side into the last eight of the competition.

Post-match, Brighton manager Roberto De Zerbi said: “We wanted to win the game and we had a lot of chances. But we made mistakes in the last five metres of the pitch.

“We had a match point with the March penalty and we made another mistake. If you make a mistake like this you lose the game.”