Richie Wellens declared "the magic of the FA Cup is alive" following Leyton Orient's penalty shootout victory over Derby, setting up a fourth-round clash with Manchester City.

Charlie Kelman put the League One side in the lead during the first half, only for Dajaune Brown of the Championship Rams to equalise four minutes later.

The match was ultimately decided in extra time by a penalty shootout, with Zech Obiero scoring the decisive goal to secure a 6-5 win for the O’s.

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"The players put an unbelievable effort in," said Wellens.

"We had players back from illness and it’s an amazing night for the football club with a youth product scoring the winning penalty. I thought for the first 60 minutes we were the better team but we needed to pass the ball better at times."

"Derby are a good team and they have lightning wingers and I thought they could score on the counter-attack but the stadium felt alive tonight especially at the end.

"The magic of the FA Cup is alive and perhaps we can beat Man City in normal time. I’m delighted for the chairman.

"It’s not typical Orient anymore where our supporters would have probably looked at this tonight thinking it’s going to be a missed opportunity but we delivered to a man.

"On the penalties, I told the players, step up and strike through the ball and show your technique."

Meanwhile, Derby boss Paul Warne gave a candid evaluation after the game.

"I don’t think we did enough to win the game to be honest," he admitted.

"I thought we had moments of good play but I don’t think we worked their goalkeeper enough. We had to make a change because of an injury and then I made some changes to our attacking line to freshen it up.

"We didn’t create enough, we didn’t make their goalkeeper make enough saves and it became a stalemate. I didn’t think they were any better than us but I just don’t think we were sharp enough. We nearly got in a few times but we were literally like the nearly men tonight.

"We were close to doing something but we weren’t close enough. That’s how it feels to me.

"Playing Manchester City would have been a good game for our players, especially for the new lads at the club when it would have been a great game. So the motivation was there but it didn’t transpire into performance."