CARLOS BALEBA scored a belter of a goal on a night of firsts for Brighton. The Cameroon ace — who was signed from Lille last summer — beat under-fire keeper Jose Sa from 25 yards out to get them up and running after 14 minutes. 4 Carlos Baleba struck in the first half for Brighton against Wolves Credit: PA 4 Ferdi Kadioglu netted the winner at the Amex after the visitors gave the Seagulls a scare Credit: Reuters 4 Goncalo Guedes got Wolves back into the game late in the first half Credit: Getty And Sa was beaten again by a 31st-minute rocket from Simon Adingra.
But Goncalo Guedes pulled one back a minute before the break for Wolves before summer signing Ferdi Kadioglu climbed off the bench to score his first goal for the club. Yet Tommy Doyle netted in stoppage time to set up a tense finish after a howler from keeper Jason Steele but Brighton held on. And in doing so it sealed their first-ever win in a cup game against Wolves.
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He had the ball taken off him by Baleba 25 yards out before firing a low strike which beat Sa. The Wolves keeper was dropped for the Newcastle loss after some underwhelming pe.