# Matz Sels is FA Cup shootout hero as Nottingham Forest edge out Ipswich

Sometimes football is a game of four halves, and on this occasion three of them were devoid of quality. In the end, only one moment truly mattered and that was Matz Sels’ penalty shootout save from Jack Taylor to send  into the FA Cup quarter-finals at Ipswich’s expense.

George Hirst and Ryan Yates exchanged goals in the second half of normal time, when the game finally came to life, but no one could source a winner prior to the shootout after a forgettable extra time.

The spot-kicks were exceptional from both teams until Taylor could not find the corner and the Belgian goalkeeper got behind it to set up a trip to Brighton, a side , in the next round.

“I am really, really happy,” said the Forest manager, Nuno Espírito Santo, who could not bear to watch the shootout. “We have so many hopes in the , we want to go as far as we can. Winning on penalties puts you on a high. They were good penalties.

“Matz was amazing for us. It is a good moment, it is important for the club to give it a go. We have to focus on the Premier League but the FA Cup will always be on our mind. We proceed on our journey together, the fans made a big noise for the penalties, it helped our penalties and distracted the Ipswich players.”



The spot-kicks were exceptional from both teams until Taylor could not find the corner and the Belgian goalkeeper got behind it to set up a trip to Brighton, a side , in the next round.

“Really disappointing way to lose the game,” McKenna said. “I am really proud of the effort of the players, they could not have put more into the game. Really challenging night in so many aspects. It came down to a tiny margin.”

Sels had gone the wrong way for the previous four penalties, but that is irrelevant and Forest are one step away from Wembley.
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