Rotherham United

This is not the competition that will define whether Rotherham United deem this a successful season but after Jordi Osei-Tutu's 96th-minute equaliser ...

With their promotion quest on the back burner for the weekend, Rotherham came into this game as favourites but the League One leaders were faced with a team with little appetite to hang around League Two for long and seemingly no care for expectations. He was alert to prevent a deflected Wiles shot squeezing inside a post and then Rotherham squandered a couple of openings that it seemed would live with them on the journey home. A stunning strike by Chiedozie Ogbene, who recently scored for the Republic of Ireland against Belgium, registered Rotherham’s third goal of the afternoon to set them on their way to lifting the EFL Trophy before Michael Ihiekwe sealed the comeback against Sutton.

Irish international scored in extra-time in comeback win over Sutton United.

Ogbene took one touch to steady himself before dispatching a thunderous right-foot strike into the top corner six minutes into extra time and the defender Ihiekwe headed in to clinch victory in the fourth. He was alert to prevent a deflected Wiles shot squeezing inside a post and then Rotherham squandered a couple of openings that it seemed would live with them on the journey home. David Ajiboye did the leg work, storming forward and evading four red shirts before laying the ball on for Will Randall, who dragged wide.

EFL Trophy Final: Rotherham United 4 Sutton United 2. Chiedozie Ogbene's purple patch is shining brighter after his peach of a goal helped clinch the EFL ...

They have the option of extending his contract for a year beyond this summer’s expiry date. “Credit to Sutton, they showed character but this is football,” he told Sky Sports afterwards. Chiedozie Ogbene’s purple patch is shining brighter after his peach of a goal helped clinch the EFL Cup for Rotherham United at Wembley Stadium.

As had happened 41 years previously, Sutton suffered last minute agony at Wembley as, within seconds of what would have been a thoroughly deserved victory ...

Unsurprisingly given that body blow it was Rotherham who were on the front foot early in extra time, and Shane Ferguson's free kick was deflected just wide after Joe Kizzi had been booked for a foul on Ladapo. However U's then went close themselves as Kizzi returned a corner to the edge of the area and Beautyman shot just over, but within a minute Ogbene moved forward and lashed a right foot shot past Bouzanis from twenty yards. It was a sign that U's were growing in to the game the quicker, and just before the half hour reward came when, after Rob Milsom's corner had been cleared, Ajiboye's cross was laid back by Randall for Donovan Wilson, who steadied himself before firing low in to the net. Ladapo did test Bouzanis with a looping header just before U's lost Ben Goodliffe with a calf injury, Coby Rowe his replacement, and then had a golden chance when he was put clear through the middle but couldn't beat Bouzanis. Both sides then made wholesale changes for the last ten minutes, and it seemed as though U's had done enough, even in seven minutes of stoppage time, but just after Eastmond had been named Man of the Match, Ladapo sent the ball in to the area one last time and it fell for one of the late replacements, Osei-Tutu, and he found the top corner of the net.