Steve Cooper has truly transformed Nottingham Forest
The tie appeared to have been put to bed when Brennan Johnson opened the scoring on 19 minutes to put Forest 3-1 up, while the away side lost their cool.after Paul Heckingbottom shoved the ball into the lower part of Forest defender Djed Spence’s stomach – Heckingbottom receiving a yellow card for the offence.
But Heckingbottom’s men were a different team after the break and levelled on the night through Morgan Gibbs-White’s classy finish.Forest goalkeeper Brice Samba made a crucial save to deny the visitors in the closing stages of extra-time. It was Samba who proved to be the hero as he saved spot-kicks from Oliver Norwood, Conor Hourihane and Gibbs-White to seal a 3-2 win in the shootout.Heckingbottom was perhaps lucky to avoid a red card for shoving the ball at SpenceBut it was Forest’s night as they won 3-2 on penalties
Forest, who were bottom of the Championship when Steve Cooper took over in September, will face Huddersfield in the play-off final at Wembley on May 29.
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