A beaming Antonee Robinson targeted Wembley success after Fulham reached the last four of the League Cup for the first team in their history with a penalty shoot-out victory over Everton.

On his return to Goodison Park, the American full-back made Fulham’s goal and hammered home a crucial penalty in the shoot-out before centre back Tosin Adarabioyo scored the decisive spot-kick to spark joyous scenes in front of the travelling away support.

Robinson told FFCTV after the final whistle:

‘It sounds amazing. Obviously, it was the goal we set out to achieve when we come here and it was a difficult game. Credit to Everton – they made it difficult for us to create chances, they are a really intense to play against and it comes down to an own goal and winning on penalties, but we take the result and move on.

They limit chances a lot and then they are quite direct and really good at winning second balls. t felt like we were penned it a lot, they didn’t give us the best chance to play our game. Obviously, at times we did but I think they are just a really difficult team to play and against and obviously the crowd helped them as well.

The left-back shared his delight at continuing his fine run of attacking form after his cross from the left was turned past Jordan Pickford by Michael Keane for an own goal:

“We talk about it in training. As long as you are getting in the right positions and sometimes you’ve got to fire it across goal and whether it be an assist or an own goal something can happen. Obviously, it won’t go down as an assist but I’m happy to help the team out.”

Robinson praised Fulham’s character as the Whites bounced back from the disappointment of conceding a late equaliser to Beto by looking the likelier to win the tie in stoppage time and keeping their composure in the shoot-out that followed.

“We were bunkered in a little bit defensively towards the end, They made some changes and they were threatening for a while. It was one of them – obviously it was fortunate for them, they had good chances so it felt like they were due a goal. After that, we did show a reaction and showed we wanted to go and win the game in normal time. We responded [well] after the equaliser.”

The American international revealed he wasn’t nervous in stepping forward to take his first senior penalty in front of the Gwladys Street End.

“I didn’t really feel the pressure to be honest – someone had already missed, so I didn’t really care! That’s how I’ve been practising penalties in training the last few weeks: just walk up slowly and watch the keeper. Seeing AP sit Pickford down early on, it made think I can wait and go at the last second. It’s the first penalty I’ve ever taken in a pro match, so I’ll take it. We kept our goal. We all said, there’s no pressure on anyone, no-one’s going to begrudge anyone for missing. We stood together as a team; luckily, Bernd saved the one for their winner and we went on to win it.”

He also singled out the away fans for particular praise – and believes Marco Silva’s side can go on and secure a first major trophy after making more history on Merseyside.

“These are moments that us as players have to enjoy, but the fans have been amazing. I think this is our first semi-final in the League Cup, obviously we go and get to play a brilliant game, a semi-final against a good team over two legs. Hopefully, we can create even better moments home and away and we are in this competition because we want to win, so let’s try and get a trophy. The support is amazing. The travelling fans coming all this way on a Tuesday night, they were top. I hope they all enjoy it – whether they’re staying here or have a safe trip home, it’s a nice little Christmas present for the fans!”