Aston Villa reach League Cup final with 2-1 win over Leicester (3-2 agg)
Trezeguet struck late on to win it for Villa who will go on the way to Wembley
Trezeguet struck a 93rd minute winner for Aston Villa to send them into the EFL Cup final at the expense of Leicester City.
AVL
2 ________________ 1
LEI
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Aston Villa
Nyland; Konsa, Mings, Hause; Guilbert (Elmohamady, 84'), Douglas Luiz, Nakamba, Targett; El Ghazi (Trezeguet, 77'), Samatta (Davis, 67') y Grealish.
Leicester
Schmeichel; Pereira, Evans, Söyüncü, Chilwell; Ndidi, Tielemans; Ayoze (Vardy, 56'), Maddison, Barnes (Gray, 86'); e Iheanacho.
Goles
1-0 M. 12 Targett. 1-1 M. 72 Iheanacho. 2-1 M. 92 Trezeguet.
Árbitro
Mike Dean. TA: Konsa (57'), Douslas Luiz (60') / Söyüncü (76').
Incidencias
Villa Park. 47.150 espectadores.
Villa won 2-1 (3-2 on aggregate) after Kelechi Iheanacho cancelled out Matt Targett’s opening goal.
Dean Smith’s team, 16th, matched up well with Leicester, 3rd in the Premier League, over the two legs.
Jack Grealish set up Targett for the opener but Harvey Barnes’s cross was turned in by Iheanacho in the 72nd minute.
Orjan Nyland made some good saves, particularly from James Maddison and Youri Tielemans to keep Leicester at bay, before Trezeguet won it.
"I certainly let myself go with the goal. That deep into stoppage time, there was a bit of emotion from everyone and the place erupted,” said Smith.
"Our goalkeeper made three great saves but I thought we were aggressive as well.
"To go and get the win at the death like we did there, to take this club to Wembley, I'll be a very proud man to walk out there with this team."
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