Crystal Palace were dumped out of the Carabao Cup on penalties to League Two side Colchester United.
The tie ended goalless at the end of the 90 minutes and went straight to a penalty shoot-out after extra time was scrapped last season.
Andros Townsend failed to score Palace’s first spot-kick, while Colchester buried all five of theirs to move into the third round.
Palace manager Roy Hodgson made 10 changes from the side that beat Manchester United on Saturday, but still had a strong line-up of players.
Striker Christian Benteke almost broke the deadlock in the first half but his shot hit the bar and then the goal line before agonisingly bouncing away.
Hodgson brought on Wilfried Zaha and Jordan Ayew in the second period, but the South Londoners failed to break down a resolute Colchester.
With the scores level at 90 minutes, the tie went straight to extra time but Palace got off to a terrible start after Townsend’s penalty was saved by Dean Gerken.
Ayew, Benteke, Victor Camarasa and Zaha all converted their kicks from 12 yards, but United ended up winning 5-4 on penalties.
Palace: Hennessey, Woods, Kelly (Cahill 45), Dann, Riedewald, McCarthy, Camarasa, Townsend, Meyer (Ayew 73), Wickham (Zaha 62), Benteke.
Not used: Henderson, Kouyate, Tavares, Kirby.
Colchester: Gerken, Jackson, Prosser, Senior (Cowan-Hall), Norris, Comley, Eastman, Gambin (Brown 79), Stevenson (Chilvers 77), Clampin, Nouble.
Not used: Ross, Kensdale, Poku, James.
