Exeter City 2-3 Middlesbrough: Boro survive scare to make Carabao Cup quarter-finals

Championship facet Middlesbrough reached the Carabao Cup quarter-finals after an exhilarating win at League One Exeter.

But Morgan Rogers’ curling effort drew Boro degree after the break and Samuel Silvera fired them forward quickly after.

Trevitt scored one other long-range aim to convey Exeter degree earlier than gifting away a late penalty that Emmanuel Latte Lath transformed to put Boro by way of.

The win ended Exeter’s hopes of a primary EFL Cup quarter-final look as they bowed out within the final 16 for the fifth time within the membership’s historical past.

Boro made seven modifications from the facet that lost to Stoke City on the weekend and so they dominated the possession from the off with Exeter getting our bodies behind the ball as they did within the final spherical after they beat Premier League side Luton Town.

But not like the final spherical Exeter followers didn’t have to wait till the ultimate minutes to have fun a aim as on-loan Brentford midfielder Trevitt fired in off the underside of the bar after good work down the proper by Kyle Taylor.

Rogers, Dael Fry, Silvera and Anfernee Dijksteel all spurned half-decent possibilities within the following quarter-hour as Boro continued to maintain maintain of the ball.

Silvera compelled the primary first rate save from Exeter keeper Vil Sinisalo in first-half stoppage time however Boro have been left annoyed on the break.

However, the guests got here out for the second half with a new-found impetus and it took simply a few minutes for them to degree the tie as Alex Bangura dispossessed Jack Fitzwater within the field – leaving the City defender down injured – and Silvera fantastically curled house.

The aim gave Boro an attacking basis, forcing Exeter deeper and deeper because the League One facet desperately fought to maintain the scores degree.

But they fell behind when Silvera bought previous Vince Harper on the left and curled a low right-footed effort into the underside nook from the sting of the 18-yard field.

Silvera noticed one other effort fly simply over three minutes later earlier than Trevitt’s equaliser from simply exterior the field discovered the highest nook after good work by Harry Kite.

But the 20-year-old’s evening took a flip for the more serious when he tugged on Rogers’ shirt as Exeter tried to clear the ball from the penalty space and Latte Lath despatched Sinisalo the fallacious approach to put Boro into the final eight.

Exeter City supervisor Gary Caldwell informed BBC Sport:

“It was a superb efficiency, a great deal of effort, a great deal of endeavour.

“We bought requested some critical questions as a soccer workforce tonight in opposition to what I feel is a prime facet, a possible Premier League facet subsequent season, and it wasn’t for the need of making an attempt that we went out of the cup.

“So all credit score to the gamers, they gave completely every part, I feel we bought crushed by the higher workforce tonight and also you typically have to maintain your fingers up to that, and good luck to Middlesbrough within the subsequent spherical.”

Middlesbrough head coach Michael Carrick informed BBC Radio Tees:

“We had loads of the ball after they have been contemporary first half and so they closed the areas, and typically it may well take a little bit of time to break them down.

“Credit to them, they defended fantastically effectively and we have been most likely a bit protected in our play and possibly not aggressive sufficient in our attacking play, however there have been a number of modifications so it is comprehensible.

“I believed second half the areas would open up and so they did and we capitalised on it, after which they rating one other cracking aim.

“But you have bought to face that typically in these kind of video games and I felt we overcame it fantastically effectively and everybody performed their half.”