Martin Jol has admitted we were lucky to advance through the tricky Carling Cup tie against Port Vale yesterday.

“Everybody expects you to go through to the next round, it’s the same as it always is,” said Jol.

“All the ingredients were there for an upset - they were organised with a good goalkeeper, they give you the initiative and that is not easy.

“But I felt home advantage was there. We kept believing in the second half and we had some outstanding performances. Luckily our quality probably gave us the edge.”