Forest survive Midtjylland scare to reach Europa League quarter-finals on penalties

— Match Report

Nottingham Forest booked a Europa League quarter-final tie with Porto after a dramatic 3-0 penalty shoot-out win at Midtjylland, the visitors recovering from a first-leg deficit to triumph 2-2 on aggregate before holding their nerve from 12 yards.

Vítor Pereira had made nine changes from Sunday's goalless draw with Fulham, mindful of this weekend's Premier League relegation clash at Tottenham, but his reshuffled side produced one of the standout performances of his tenure to overhaul Cho Gue-sung's first-leg goal at the City Ground.

Forest swarm the hosts

Dilane Bakwa fired the first shot inside two minutes and Forest poured forward from there, racking up 11 first-half attempts to Midtjylland's one. James McAtee's curling pass released Ryan Yates to smack the crossbar on 26 minutes, and a flurry of chances followed in the space of two minutes around the half-hour.

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