Bristol City players did not know whether to “laugh, cry or cuddle each other” after beating Manchester United in the Carabao Cup quarter-final.
The Championship club won 2-1Â at Ashton Gate to set up a semi-final against Manchester City.
Korey Smith’s 93rd-minute strike settled the Robins’ first meeting with United since 1980.
“It was an unbelievable moment. We want more nights like that,” head coach Lee Johnson told BBC Sport.
“With the noise in the stadium and the emotion, the boys didn’t know whether to laugh, cry or cuddle each other.”
Johnson, 36, ran down the touchline to celebrate Smith’s late winner, picking up and hugging a ball boy amid scenes of joy at a sold-out Ashton Gate.
“I didn’t know what to do,” Johnson added. “I wanted to run and celebrate with the lads but I couldn’t do that. He (the ball boy) was the only one there.
“It was great to see him because I needed to celebrate with somebody and it just so happened it was the ball boy.”
Victory was Johnson’s side’s fifth in a row in all competitions and their fourth against Premier League opposition in this season’s EFL Cup.
Before the last-gasp drama, goalkeeper Luke Steele’s saves had kept the scoreline at 1-1 after Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s equaliser for United had cancelled out Joe Bryan’s stunning opener.
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