Forest off to Wembley after beating Blades on penalties!

Nottingham Forest will do battle with Huddersfield Town at Wembley for a place in the Premier League after a dramatic penalty shoot-out win over Sheffield United in the Championship play-offs last night.

Steve Cooper's side prevailed on penalties (3-2) after a dramatic 2-1 loss against the Blades left their semi-final second leg level at 3-3 on aggregate, and Forest will now take on the Terriers at Wembley with a top flight spot up for grabs.  

After a 2-1 win at Bramall Lane, Forest thought they were in total control of the tie at City Ground, especially when Brennan Johnson gave them the lead in the first-half.

However, the Blades didn't give up and turned the tie around in the second-half, goals from Morgan Gibbs-White and John Fleck taking the game to extra-time and penalties.

In the penalty shootout, Brice Samba wore the hero cape and saved three penalties to help his team win 3-2 on penalties and send them to Wembley.

Forest will now head to the Championship play-off final to face Huddersfield at Wembley on Sunday, May 29, as they try to end a 23-year wait for top-flight football.

🗣 "Oh yeah definitely, I enjoyed it." 😅

Nottingham Forest goalkeeper Brice Samba says he enjoyed the penalty shootout where he made three saves pic.twitter.com/qNVHiqDZMg

— Football Daily (@footballdaily) May 17, 2022