Brighton reached the FA Cup semifinals after defeating Millwall in a tense penalty shootout on Sunday.

Millwall led with second-half goals from Alex Pearce and Aiden O'Brien.

Jurgen Locadia made it 2-1 before Solly March levelled with a stoppage-time free-kick after a mistake by keeper David Martin.

Millwall's Shane Ferguson was sent off in extra time, and Jake Cooper's miss gave Brighton a 5-4 shootout win.

Brighton's Glenn Murray hit the bar with the first penalty of the shootout, but Seagulls' keeper Mat Ryan saved Mahlon Romeo's spot-kick with his foot to give his side hope.

Lewis Dunk converted the first of the sudden death penalties. before Cooper put his attempt over the bar to hand victory to the Premier League side.

Brighton manager Chris Hughton said: "I think that was what you call a proper cup tie. I didn't think we did well enough in the early part of the game. This is a very difficult place and they have history in this competition, but it's about character and we had a group of players that decided they desperately wanted to stay in this competition."

On the equaliser, he added: "As soon as Solly [March] played the ball in, we were disappointed because he over hit it but sometimes you need those moments. We probably didn't create enough of them but we had a bit of fortune to swing it our way.

"We were confident in the penalty shootout, but when you miss the first one and they score, you think it may not be your day. But we showed enough with our remaining takers and I think we showed more over the 90 minutes."