This season just keeps getting better for Nottingham Forest. A third successive penalty shootout victory in this season’s FA Cup thanks to the heroics of goalkeeper Matz Sels booked a place in the semi-final for the first time since 1991 as Nuno Espírito Santo’s side showed all their fighting spirit that has served them so well in the Premier League.
The Forest manager will argue that it was the result they deserved after the video assistant referee’s controversial decision to overrule a second-half penalty that was originally awarded by referee Peter Bankes. But having come closest to winning it during extra time, this was a bitter pill for Fabian Hürzeler and his side to swallow as they attempted to reach a third semi-final in seven seasons.
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