Fulham survived an almighty scare after falling behind to League One Wycombe before rescuing a 1-1 draw and finally edging out their hosts on penalties to reach the Carabao Cup quarter-finals.
Benjamin Lecomte was the hero for the Premier League side in only his third game for the club as the goalkeeper saved three penalties in the shoot-out, before Issa Diop sealed their place in the next round with a powerful effort.
Lecomte's evening had not begun so well as he was beaten for the first time in his Fulham career inside two minutes, when former Cottagers forward Cauley Woodrow took over from a Jamie Mullins run with a powerful early effort catching the goalkeeper out at his near post to raise hopes of an upset.
That was the only chance Wycombe would have all half but as they instead invited Fulham to break down their low block, their lofty visitors became increasingly frustrated and only forced Will Norris into one save of note from Raul Jimenez's flicked header.
Wycombe could have doubled their lead moments into the second period when Mullins flashed an effort wide a minute after the restart - but soon Fulham's pressure did tell from a moment of teenage magic from Josh King.
He displayed his Premier League flair with a backheel raised flick to level from Kevin's corner three minutes into the second half, as Fulham threatened to finally raise their game.
That would never materialise as the hosts continued their stubborn approach, with the introduction of Alex Iwobi, Ryan Sessegnon and Sasa Lukic doing little to aid their cause.
The hosts did need the quick thinking of Anders Hagelskjaer to deny Iwobi on the line in added time as Fulham tried in vain to avoid the lottery of penalties, but otherwise saw out the rest of the 90 minutes in relative comfort.
Once in the shoot-out, however, Wycombe found themselves immediately on the back foot when Ewan Henderson was denied by Lecomte with their first penalty.
After nine perfect spot kicks from either side Ryan Sessegnon had the chance to send the visitors through but a fine Norris stop sent the shoot-out to sudden death, where Fred Onyedinma, Jonah Kusi-Asare and Donnell McNeilly all saw consecutive penalties saved - before Diop stepped up to send Fulham through by the skin of their teeth.
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