LONDON: Nottingham Forest reached the Europa League quarter-finals after Midtjylland missed all three of their penalties in the last-16 second-leg shoot-out on Thursday. Vitor Pereira’s side won 2-1 after extra-time at the MCH Arena in Denmark to level the tie at 2-2 on aggregate. That set up the farcical shoot-out as Midtjylland’s Cho Gue-sung and Aral Simsir both hit the post before Edward Chilufya slipped and blazed over in the shoot-out.

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Nottingham Forest won 2-1 at Midtjylland in the second leg of their Europa League last-16 tie before winning the penalty shootout 3-0

Nottingham Forest are fighting for Premier League survival but reaching the Europa League quarter-finals could provide hope in an otherwise torrid season.

LONDON: Nottingham Forest reached the Europa League quarter-finals after Midtjylland missed all three of their penalties in the last-16 second-leg shoot-out on Thursday. Vitor…