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Former Brighton forward Warren Aspinall believes the Seagulls can beat Manchester United at Old Trafford in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday.

Fabian Hurzeler's side are fifth in the Premier League after two wins from their opening four games.

Despite also being in the Conference League this season, Aspinall believes his former side, who beat Coventry City 5-0 on Sunday, can still have a good cup run.

"The car is screaming and revving up as it is always on the move," he told BBC Radio Sussex's Albion Unlimited.

"If we can beat United away from home and get a home game, then the team's getting stronger and stronger in the competition.

"Out of the four competitions, this is the one they are least worried about, but we want to keep going as it is all about momentum.

"Keep that winning mentality going. They will put out a team to win a football game. You don't want to give United a leg-up.

"We have to prioritise the Conference League and get into the top eight, have a good run in the FA Cup, and in this one, as we are winning, then we can go to United and turn them over."

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Alastair Telfer
BBC Sport journalist

Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler has been speaking to the media before Wednesday's Carabao Cup third-round tie against Manchester United at Old Trafford (20:00 BST).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• There are no new injury concerns, with Georginio Rutter "close" to playing, while Femi Azeez will be assessed in training.

• Stefanos Tzimas has had a "small setback" in his rehab and will be out for longer than first expected.

• Jason Steele is "the best number two in the league" and will start in goal on Wednesday.

• Hurzeler confirmed he will manage "the energy of the squad" and a decision will be made on who are the freshest players. He added: "The goal is to get through to the next round, so there has to be a balance."

• Asked about VAR's impact on the Manchester derby, he said: "VAR makes football more fair and that is proven. But there are moments, like the weekend, when it is not ideal and things like this shouldn't happen. It has happened and what is important is it does not happen again."

• On Manchester United: "We expect a strong Manchester United who want to react after their defeat."

• He said anything is possible in the Carabao Cup and that Brighton "are a club with ambitions and expectations".

• On Lewis Dunk's goal against Coventry City: "I showed it once. The celebration went viral on social media and then the players' reaction as they couldn't believe Lewis scored such a goal."

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Crawley Town boss Colin Kazim-Richards says he has no problem with supporters booing his side off after their 3-1 home defeat by Cheltenham on Saturday.

Kazim-Richards guided the Reds to League Two safety on the final day of last season but they have lost four of their first six matches this term, leaving them second from bottom.

He signed 17 players during the summer transfer window, his first as Crawley boss, as part of a major rebuild of his squad.

"I think sometimes people don't take into consideration the amount of players we've had and the gelling that we have to do," Kazim-Richards told BBC Radio Sussex.

"Fans are in their right to voice their opinion. Are they booing because we lost? Are they booing because of the way we played? [Either way] I don't have a problem with that.

"I'm not a hider. If a fan wants a conversation, we can have the conversation. As long as there's respect to it, they're allowed to voice their opinion."

Kazim-Richards became Crawley boss in March and has won four, drawn four and lost seven of his 15 games in charge.

On this week's instalment of Albion Unlimited, Brighton captain Lewis Dunk reflects on the win over Coventry and his stunning goal.

There are also previews for this week's big fixtures against Manchester United in the third round of the Carabao Cup and Arsenal in the Premier League.

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We asked for your thoughts after Saturday's Premier League game between Coventry City and Brighton.

Here are some of your comments:

Coventry fans

Frank: Obviously you look at the score and it looks like a proper embarrassing spanking, but it wasn't a 5-0 thrashing. The second goal is just awful and then we go down to ten and the game is done. Fans were great though. Put the kids out for the Aston Villa cup game, a win at Nottingham Forest on Saturday has to be what we focus on.

Stephen: Worst performance I have seen in ten years. I wasn't happy with the starting formation - five at the back is too negative. Doug King has a big decision to make if the next couple of games don't end with some points. It's not just the scoreline, it's the performance that hurts more. Apart from a good second half against Manchester City, we have been poor.

Geo: We were outplayed. Brighton were faster to each ball and seemed to have loads of space to set up their attacks. We were second best in tackles and the ball seemed to run with Brighton. Their goalkeeper pulled off two magical saves.

Barry: Coventry shouldn't get too down. There's a lot of the season left for them to bounce back.

Brighton fans

Sarah: A breath of fresh air! Looked dodgy at the start - Coventry played well and could have got three in quick succession if Bart Verbruggen hadn't been so on the ball. And what a corker from Lewis Dunk! He'll quite rightly dine out on that forever - got to be goal of the month and great he's found a way to play with our new guys. Everyone's having a go. Five goals from five players. Brilliant play all round.

Stuart: Potential banana skin for us. After a good first period I was worried when Coventry seized the initiative and Bart kept us in the game. After that we just moved up the gears - ultimately, a superb performance. Our interchange of players' positions continues to baffle teams. Just wait until we get our preferred starting XI.

Stuart: That'll do nicely - goals are exactly what we can produce given the chances we create and we stayed switched on for the majority of the game. Decent all-round performance. Bigger tests to come but a real team performance today.

Ben: Thought Coventry were a little unlucky not to go in at least even at half time. Nailed on red card absolutely finished the contest. Can't see what the player was complaining about - he even had a nibble seconds before. Clearly his head was gone. Coventry looked a little naive defending with ten men, but still had a couple of chances. Bart had a terrific day, Carl Rushworth wasn't at fault for any of our goals as far as I could see. Nice to see us add a couple late on. Thoroughly good day for the Seagulls.