Aston Villa’s Dean Smith says he let himself go after goal ‘made in Egypt’

• Trézéguet’s late winner sends club to Carabao Cup final
• ‘If we could go and lift the trophy I’ll be a very proud man’

Dean Smith, an Aston Villa supporter long before he became the club’s manager, said he “certainly let myself go” when Trézéguet scored a stoppage-time goal to send his team into the Carabao Cup final.

Joyous scenes engulfed Villa Park after a thrilling semi-final in which Matt Targett opened the scoring for the hosts before Kelechi Iheanacho equalised. Leicester had several chances to win before Villa got what Smith hailed as “a goal made in Egypt”, with Trézéguet firing into the net from a cross by Ahmed Elmohamady.

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