Huddersfield manager Lee Grant was ‘proud as punch’ of academy talents Dan Vost and Cameron Ashia after both found the net to aid his team in eliminating Championship Leicester from the Carabao Cup.
Hamza Choudhury and Harry Winks’ goals for the Foxes were neutralized in a match that ended 2-2 after regular time, before Terriers goalkeeper Lee Nicholls emerged as the hero in a penalty shoot-out, which the League One side clinched 3-2.
Grant, whose squad will face Premier League Sunderland later this month in the next round, said: “It’s wonderful for me to have young players with bright eyes who are ready to go and get after it. I’m proud as punch.
“We’re asking the players to trust what’s put in front of them and to trust and believe in themselves.
“What they have as principles will give them an opportunity to beat a really good team, even against a really good team.”
Leicester manager Marti Cifuentes said: “The feeling is disappointment because we came here to try to go through and didn’t manage it.
“I’m not happy with the performance. Huddersfield did a really good job and congratulations to them, they really showed a lot of energy and desire.
“When you play a team in the division below you, they have a mental edge because they have nothing to lose.
“We started the game poorly and needed to be more aggressive in attack. To go ahead twice and then concede, we should have done better with that. After taking the lead you need to be more dominant than ever.”