AFC Wimbledon boss Johnnie Jackson hailed his side’s on-penalties Carabao Cup victory over the Blues as the highlight of his managerial career so far.

The Dons won the shootout 4-2 having come four minutes away from winning the game in normal time before stand-in skipper Conor Chaplin’s late leveller saw the match end 2-2.

Their reward is a home tie against another Premier League team, Newcastle United, in round three.

“I think it is probably the highlight so far I would say,” said Jackson, who was a player alongside Blues boss Kieran McKenna at Tottenham. “Certainly one of them anyway.

“That is the third time coming up against Kieran as a manager and it has not gone great for me in the previous couple.

“So to win tonight against such a talented young coach is nice on a personal level and I am just really pleased for the football club to have a night like this.

“For us as a football club to have a night like this, beating a Premier League team, it is outstanding.

“Obviously my old striker [Ali Al-Hamadi] popping up with a goal after three minutes, you think oh hell, you knew that was going to happen.

“For 15 to 20 minutes they had their way with us and I was a little bit concerned that the game might get away from us.”

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victorysquad added 06:44 - Aug 29 Fair play to them, he set them up well and they wanted it more than we did. They do what they do very well and good luck to them. Their home support made more noise than man city did.
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Gilesy added 07:30 - Aug 29 Really happy for them, especially with the draw they got. Radio 4 heavily mitigated our defeat last night. We'll soon forget this.
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afcfee added 17:01 - Aug 29 True that victory squad much louder than man city
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