Nathan Trott is just three games away from Wembley after Cardiff City reached the Carabao Cup quarter-finals on Tuesday night.

Trott and his team continued their impressive cup run after beating winning 2-1 away at Sky Bet Championship side Wrexham.

Their reward is a match at home to Chelsea, with the game scheduled to take place on December 16.

Cardiff earned their right to play against the Premier League giants after coming out on top in the Welsh derby with Wrexham courtesy of strikes from Yousef Salech and Will Fish. Kieffer Moore scored for Wrexham.

Trott had a relatively quiet night between the posts, positioning himself well to gather substitute Ryan Hardie’s header from a free kick and also denying the Scot after he went through on goal in the second half.

Cardiff head coach Brian Barry-Murphy hailed his players’ efforts before a crowd of 10,563 in hostile territory at The Racecourse.

“It was a very satisfying evening and we handled ourselves well throughout the game,” the coach said on the club’s website.

“To play the way that we did throughout the course of the game in front of so many of our supporters who made the journey, it felt like a really special game.

“The emotions around this club mean that when you’re going really well, it’s an amazing feeling.”

Cardiff drew first blood with Salech tapping in his sixth goal of the season from close range to give the League One side a deserved lead in the thirteenth minute.

They should have extended their advantage before the interval with Omari Kellyman, Rubin Colwill and Cian Ashford squandering chances.

They were made to rue those missed opportunities when former Cardiff forward Moore headed home to level the scores seven minutes into the second half.

However, Cardiff would not be denied as the unmarked Fish volleyed Joel Bagan’s deep cross in at the back post for his first goal for the club.

That sparked wild scenes among the 1,249 fans at the away end of the stadium.

Beaten Wrexham are coached by Phil Parkinson, who led Bradford City and Bermudian striker Nahki Wells, to the final of the competition in 2013.