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  1. Coppola sees 'big opportunity' for silverware

    Diego Coppola during the Carabao Cup third round match between Barnsley and BrightonGetty Images

    Brighton defender Diego Coppola has praised teammate Diego Gomez's "crazy performance" - which included a first-half hat-trick - against League One side Barnsley in the Carabao Cup third round.

    Gomez, who joined the club from Inter Miami last January, scored four goals as the Seagulls soared to a 6-0 victory.

    "It was crazy," Coppola told BBC Radio Sussex. "It was a crazy performance, with goal after goal for him. Other than the goals, he also showed character in the way he defended and fought in heavy duels.

    "So I've got to say congratulations to him. I've already said it to him, but he did really well."

    Coppola added that the Carabao Cup presents a "big opportunity" to grab some silverware this season: "I think winning a trophy is always nice, so we just need to treat this competition like it is the Premier League.

    "Maybe we will win it, we shall see. It is a long way to the final but step-by-step we can reach it."

    Listen to the full post-match interview on BBC Sounds

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  2. Barnsley 0-6 Brighton: What Hurzeler said

    Fabian Hurzeler shakes hands with Diego Gomez as he substitutes himGetty Images

    Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler, speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live after the 6-0 win at Barnsley: "If I had to decide my favourite [Diego Gomez] goal then it would be the second or third. But it is not only the goals that we are happy with - how he works for the team too.

    "Defensively he was always there, especially against the rotations from Barnsley on the left-hand side. He took it seriously and that is what we demand. He is a great offensive player - he can create and shoot, and today he proved it."

    Was this result a statement of intent?: "Unfortunately six goals only bring you one round further, not two or three. Every game is new and starts from zero, so the next opponent will be another tough game. Every cup game is 50-50.

    "Of course, these games give you confidence that you can score a lot of goals and outplay a defensive team, and we saw in other rounds that it's not so easy to beat these teams.

    "First, you have to dominate the game and then score the goals. In the last rounds, we achieved this and we were pleased with this."

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  7. Analysis: Diego Gomez delivers masterclass

    Matthew Howarth
    BBC Sport journalist

    Diego Gomez celebrates after scoring for Brighton at Barnsley in the Carabao Cup third roundGetty Images

    Not for the first time in this season's EFL Cup, Brighton made light work of lower-league opposition to progress to the next round – but this was very much Diego Gomez's night.

    The Paraguayan – one of eight changes from Saturday's 2-2 draw at home to Tottenham – has started only one of the Seagulls' five league games so far this term, but he grasped his opportunity with both hands at Oakwell.

    Gomez's first and fourth efforts were smart finishes, while his second was a strike of the highest order as he lashed Tom Watson's pass beyond Murphy Cooper.

    However, you will struggle to see a better goal in this season's competition than his astonishing third, which left Cooper grasping at thin air as the ball sailed over the goalkeeper's head and into the net.

    Described as "special" by manager Fabian Hurzeler when he arrived from MLS side Inter Miami in January, Gomez is certainly developing a reputation for the spectacular.

    Against Tottenham on the final day of last season, he opened his account for the Seagulls with a spectacular curling drive as Hurzeler's team ran out 4-1 winners.

    He was also on target at Oxford in the last round, poking in Brighton's third from close range.

    After his four-goal masterclass in Yorkshire, Hurzeler will be hard-pushed to leave Gomez out of his starting XI when his team travel to Chelsea this weekend.

  8. Diego Gomez celebrates scoring for Brighton at Barnsley in the EFL Cup

  9. Barnsley v Brighton: Team news

    Brighton XI: Steele, Tzimas, Watson, Baleba, Welbeck, Milner, Boscagli, Kadioglu, Gomez, Veltman, Coppola

    Fabian Hurzeler makes eight alterations to the Brighton team that held Tottenham to a 2-2 draw in the Premier League on Saturday.

    The German brings in Jason Steele, Stefanos Tzimas, Tom Watson, Danny Welbeck, James Milner, Olivier Boscagli, Diego Gomez and Diego Coppola.

    Lewis Dunk, Jan Paul van Hecke, Yasin Ayari, Georginio Rutter and Kaoru Mitoma are among the substitutes, but there is no place in the matchday squad for Bart Verbruggen, Yankuba Minteh or Brajan Gruda.

    Brighton XI: Steele, Tzimas, Watson, Baleba, Welbeck, Milner, Boscagli, Kadioglu, Gomez, Veltman, Coppola

    Subs: McGill, Dunk, Van Hecke, Rutter, Kostoulas, Mitoma, Ayari, Tasker, Howell

    Barnsley XI: Cooper, Russell, Shepherd, De Gevigney, Ogbeta, Rooney, Cleary, Farrugia, Keillor-Dunn, Yoganathan, Connell

    Conor Hourihane makes six changes to the Barnley side that started Saturday's 1-0 defeat at Blackpool.

    In come Jake Rooney, Jon Russell, Mael de Gevigney, Reyes Cleary, Neil Farrugia and Vimal Yoganathan.

    Adam Phillips, Tennai Watson, Jonathan Bland and Josh Earl drop to the bench, with David McGoldrick and Caylan Vickers missing out altogether.

    Barnsley XI: Cooper, Russell, Shepherd, De Gevigney, Ogbeta, Rooney, Cleary, Farrugia, Keillor-Dunn, Yoganathan, Connell

    Subs: Flavell, Phillips, Watson, Barratt, Bland, Graham, Earl, Woodcock, Farrell

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  18. 'This badge does not give you the right to win'

    Brighton & Hove Albion's Jason SteeleGetty Images

    Brighton's Jason Steele has been speaking to BBC Radio Sussex about Tuesday's Carabao Cup tie against Barnsley: "You can't take Barnsley lightly. I have played up there and it's a tough place to go and play football.

    "They have started the season really well under Conor Hourihane. We know it is going to be a tough game but we'll go up there full of confidence and belief that we can go into the next round.

    "It goes without saying that if you don't apply yourself, you will lose. Simple as that.

    "We saw the other night when Swansea came back against Nottingham Forest that if you don't concentrate and do all the basic things right then you will struggle at any level of football.

    "We have got a really good talent of players coming through. We have more of a settled squad now that the transfer window has shut.

    "It is important to make sure the message is clear to the younger lads in the game against Barnsley. Just because you wear this badge does not give you any right to go and win this game of football."

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