Nottingham vs Sheffield United
EFL Championship
Play-Offs Semi-Final
The City Ground
Nottingham vs Sheffield United: Match report
Full time score: (Q) Nottingham Forest 1-2 Sheffield United (Agg 3-3). 3-2 on penalties
Nottingham Forest: Samba, Spence, Worrall, Colback, Zinckernagel, Surridge, Johnson, Yates, McKenna, Cook, Garner.
Subs: Horvath, Figueiredo, Davis, Laryea, Mighten, Cafu, Lolley.
Sheffield United: Foderingham, Baldock, Fleck, Basham, Berge, Egan, Norwood, Robinson, Gibbs-White, Ndiaye, Norrington-Davies.
Subs: A. Davies, B. Davies, Osborn, Hourihane, Uremovic, Osula, Jebbison.
Managers’ reaction
Nottingham Forest’s Steve Cooper: “My feeling at the moment is one of joy. I’m really pleased for the club and players to get to the next step, but obviously nothing is completed.
“The support was incredible. We went 2-1 down and the crowd got better and louder. This is a magical place anyway, but it was particularly good tonight and I’m very grateful for them getting behind us and sticking with us. Credit to Sheffield United who have been brilliant over the two legs, now we’ve got a tough game to come against Huddersfield.”
Sheffield United’s Paul Heckingbottom: “The result and the fact I know we’re out, I don’t think that’s sunk in yet. The overriding feeling is one of pride. The performance today epitomises all the work we’ve put in. I think the fans will be proud. It’s a big congratulations to Steve and Forest, they’ll go into the game we wanted to be in, and unfortunately we can’t be there.
“I honestly thought we’d win and go through. Even at two down at half-time, I knew we should go through. The boys showed that, we just didn’t quite get it over the line.
