Aston Villa reached their first league cup final for a decade with a dramatic 2-1 victory over Leicester in the second leg of their semi-final at Villa Park.
Trezeguet grabbed Villa's stoppage-time winner to send the five-time victors to Wembley after Kelechi Iheanacho's second-half strike had cancelled out Matt Targett's 12th-minute opener to give Villa a 3-2 triumph on aggregate.
Villa, though, owe a huge debt of gratitude to goalkeeper Orjan Nyland, who produced three outstanding first-half saves, with boss Dean Smith opting to keep faith with the Norwegian who had served him well in the first leg at the King Power Stadium, at the expense of recent signing Pepe Reina.
Targett's opener
🦁 Advantage Aston Villa!
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🎯 Matt Targett scores his second goal for the club and what a time to do it - in the semi-final of the Carabao Cup!
👌 A great strike too.
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Leicester level
Game on!
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Iheanacho the man again for Leicester
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Trezeguet's winner
😱 What a huge goal in injury time...
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👏 Trezeguet with a finish his namesake would be proud of.
🏆 The late strike sends Aston Villa into the final of the Carabao Cup!
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Celebrations for Villa
Villa Park has not seen many nights like this in recent years...
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Aston Villa beat Leicester to make it to the Carabao Cup final at Wembley
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🤨 Jack Grealish's face here...
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...not impressed 😂
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