IT WAS IPSWICH TOWN’S GEORGE HIRST WHO SCORED FIRST AT 53 MINS. IN LAST NIGHT’S MATCH BETWEEN IPSWICH TOWN VS NOTTINGHAM FOREST, (MUCH TO THE JUBILATIONS OF THE 2,000 STRONG TRAVELLING CROWD), WITH IPSWICH HAVING 11 SHOTS, WITH 4 ON TARGET, AND MAKING 502 PASSES, WITH AN 80% PASS ACCURACY. AND THERE WERE 22 SHOTS FOR NOTTINGHAM FOREST WITH 4 ON TARGET, INCLUDING RYAN YATES’ CRACKER AT 68 MINS., WITH FOREST MAKING 567 PASSES, WITH AN 82% PASS ACCURACY. (AND 54% POSSESSION OF THE BALL.) SO, WITH THE MATCH ENDING IN A 1 – 1 DRAW AT 90 MINS., IT WENT INTO EXTRA TIME, AND WITH NO FURTHER GOALS THEN, ONTO SOME EXCITING PENALTIES, WHICH RESULTED IN LAST NIGHT’S PENALTY HERO MATZ SELS SAVING JACK TAYLOR’S ‘SUDDEN DEATH’ PENALTY IN THE SHOOTOUT, AND THUS, WINNING 5 – 4 ON PENS – WITH THE 1 – 1 DRAW – PROPELLING NUNO ESPIRITO SANTO’S SIDE INTO THE FA CUP QUARTER FINALS!
IPSWICH’S MANAGER KIERAN MCKENNA SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH
“THERE’S CERTAINLY AN ELEMENT OF LUCK TO IT. DISAPPOINTED TO LOSE, NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. A REALLY CHALLENGING NIGHT IN SO MANY ASPECTS, AND REALLY PROUD OF THE EFFORT. WE TOOK PRETTY GOOD PENALTIES, ALL FOUR WERE GOOD. EVEN JACK’S IS A GOOD SAVE BUT IT COMES DOWN TO A TINY MARGIN. THAT’S A TEAM WITH A LOT OF CHANGES WHERE THE GROUP HAS BEEN AND WHERE IT’S GROWN, TO BE ON THIS STAGE AND TO LOSE TWO OUT OF OUR THREE DEFENDERS IN THE HALF-TIME PERIOD WAS A BIG BLOW AS WELL. IT MAKES IT MORE OF A CHALLENGE TO GET THROUGH EXTRA TIME AS WE USED A LOT OF OUR SUBS EARLY. WE MET A LOT OF CHALLENGES TONIGHT IN MANY DIFFERENT ASPECT. WE ME IT HEAD ON AND HAD A PERFORMANCE TO BE PROUD OF.”
NOTTINGHAM FOREST’S MANAGER NUNO ESPIRITO SANTO SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH
