Nottingham Forest beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-3 on penalties in their Carabao Cup quarterfinal game on Wednesday to reach a cup semi for the first time in over two decades.
Forest keeper Dean Henderson made the decisive save from Joe Hodge’s spot kick in the shootout — after the game had finished 1-1 after 90 minutes — to send his side through to their first semi since they reached the League Cup final in 1992.
Willy Boly struck after 18 minutes against his former club to give Forest the lead, converting from close range after an initial Serge Aurier effort hit the woodwork and Wolves failed to clear.
Henderson was regularly called into action to keep his side’s lead intact and made an impressive string of close-range saves to deny Raul Jimenez and Hwang Hee-chan before the break as Wolves piled pressure on the hosts.
They got their reward in the second half as Jimenez easily tapped home at the back post after substitute Matheus Cunha played a well-timed ball across the face of goal towards the Mexico international.
Despite their dominance with 66% of the possession, Julen Lopetegui’s men failed to find a way to win the game in the 90 minutes.
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