MATZ SELS was Nottingham Forest’s punishment shoot-out leader again arsenic Nuno Espirito Santo’s broadside booked a 4th last necktie astatine Brighton.
And it was a SECOND shoot-out miss for Ipswich’s Jack Taylor who besides failed to people from the spot successful the Carabao Cup this season.
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GettyIpswich took the pb done George Hirst’s header lone for Forest skipper Ryan Yates to equalise.
Extra-time could not abstracted the sides and Forest went to their 2nd successive punishment shoot-out successful the competition.
And Nuno’s broadside did not miss – with Chris Wood, Morgan Gibbs-White, Elliot Anderson, Neco Williams and Callum Hudson-Odoi each converting their spot kicks.
That enactment the vigor connected Taylor again – but his punishment was saved by the Premier League’s apical keeper Sels.
The Belgian besides saved his broadside successful the erstwhile round’s punishment shoot-out astatine Exeter.
It means Forest are successful the past 8 of the Cup for lone the 2nd clip successful 29 years.
After a turgid archetypal half, the crippled exploded into beingness aft the interruption with Hirst heading Ipswich up from a corner.
Yates brought Nuno Espirito Santo’s men backmost level and was agonisingly ruled offside arsenic it looked arsenic though helium had wrapped the crippled up with his 2nd goal.
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There was contention successful other clip arsenic Ipswich sub Liam Delap was brought down by Forest defender Murillo arsenic helium raced successful connected extremity – ref Tony Harrington gave nothing.
England brag Thomas Tuchel was astatine the City Ground to formed his oculus implicit candidates for this month’s Three Lions internationals against Albania and Latvia.
But of the 2 starting line-ups, lone Hudson-Odoi would beryllium a realistic prime for aboriginal squads.
Tuchel managed Hudson-Odoi during the player’s injury-hit clip astatine Stamford Bridge – and the ex-Chelsea antheral impressed arsenic helium looked a menace and deed the bar.
But the accomplishment of subs Gibbs-White and Anderson, conscionable earlier the hour, would person fixed him nutrient for thought – on with precocious Ipswich sub Liam Delap.
Forest made six changes for the necktie – but Ipswich brag Kieran McKenna intelligibly wanted to remainder players for the Premier League relegation conflict ahead.
However, with the necktie going the distance, neither broadside could rest.
McKenna made 8 changes but Forest pressed aboriginal for a extremity – possibly with memories of the Exeter necktie inactive caller successful their memories.
Forest looked crisp again aft the interruption though – and Hudson-Odoi acceptable up Anthony Elanga forced Tractor Boys keeper Alex Palmer into a save, debased down to his right.
But Ipswich skipper Sam Morsy came adjacent to opening the scoring with a almighty thrust from 25 yards that Forest keeper Sels did good to extremity implicit the bar.
The resulting country went overmuch amended for McKenna’s men aft 53 minutes.
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ReutersBen Johnson’s country recovered Hirst astatine the acold station and his header recovered the nett done Sels’ legs.
The extremity came successful beforehand of the travelling Suffolk fans who sensed the accidental to stun Forest connected their ain turf.
But Forest levelled it up with 22 minutes near – and possibly it was the show of apical scorer Wood preparing to travel disconnected the bench.
Forest fans were already singing his sanction arsenic Elanga delivered a pinpoint transverse into the Ipswich area.
Yates was connected manus to caput location and Nuno’s broadside were abruptly backmost successful the game.
And Wood was told to instrumentality to the seat with his services enactment connected hold.
The crippled had opened up and the location fans past urged Brazilian defender Murillo to shoot. He did conscionable that, bringing a superb prevention from Palmer.
Wood did yet travel connected with 8 minutes to spell arsenic Nuno, arsenic successful the past round, needed his large guns connected the field.
But Hudson-Odoi astir gave Forest the pb erstwhile helium chopped connected from the near and produced a changeable which clipped the crossbar.
The crippled was halted aft a clash of heads betwixt Yates and Jacob Greaves near the Ipswich sub with humor dripping from a facial wound.
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