Elsewhere, Notts County thumped the under-21s of city rivals Nottingham Forest 5-1 to secure their place in the second round.Goals from Luka Smyth, Jacob Bedeau, Lee Ndlovu, Connor Grant and Callum Roberts put the League One side 5-0 up before Buba Sanneh got a consolation for the visitors in time added on.Oldham are also through after they came back from behind to beat Leeds' under-21s 4-2 at Boundary Park.Noah Chilvers scored from the spot put the League Two team in front before Callum Mills, 18, scored his fourth goal in two games in the competition to make it 1-1 at the break.Carrick Njinko put the young Whites in front but goals from Kane Drummond, Josh Hawkes and Kai Payne saw the home side take the win.Gillingham raced into a 4-0 lead against Brighton's under-21s before holding out for a 4-3 victory.The Gills looked to be cruising to a thumping win thanks to goals from Tom Eaves, Bradley Dack, Ethan Coleman and Louie Dayal.However, Shane Nti grabbed a double for the visitors and Tyler Silsby added a third in the final minute.Fulham's under-21s also fell a goal short from a great comeback against League Two opposition as they lost 3-2 at Walsall.A Tai Sodje double and a James Furlong goal had the Saddlers 3-0 up at half-time but Jonah Kusi-Asare and Dan Casey got the away side back in it after the interval.Chelsea's under-21s did manage a win as they beat League One Reading 2-0 with a first-half double from Chizaram Ezenwata.The Blues have five points from three games and will progress unless the Royals beat Bristol Rovers by four goals in the remaining game in that group.
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