Nottingham Forest 1-1 Ipswich Town: Matz Sels the hero as Nuno Espirito Santo's side win on penalties

A painful first half saw neither side manage to make an impact, though Forest made a lively start to proceedings.

Ipswich were the ones to break the stalemate early in the second half, when George Hirst tapped the ball in behind Matz Sels following a corner.

A more urgent second half followed, with Ryan Yates levelling from Anthony Elanga’s assist in the 68th minute.

Both sides looked as if they had the potential to win it at times, with Forest pressing harder at the end of the first 90 minutes, but neither could break the stalemate and the game went to extra time.

A frenzied 30 minutes of extra time ensued and again, both sides had periods in which they looked threatening, Murillo, in particular, looked good for Forest.

However, neither side was able to break the deadlock during and the match was to be decided by penalties.

Sels was the hero of the hour after Forest scored all five of their penalties and it fell on Jack Taylor to draw level. Sels found the right corner of the box to deny him the opportunity and put Forest through to the quarter-finals.

Goalkeeper Matz Sels spoke to ITV Sport.

Asked about saving the final penalty, he said: "I’m happy of course… Before the game I studied some penalties and every time I took the wrong corner but that [the last penalty] was the right corner, so I’m happy for the team and now we have another important game at the weekend."

On a frustrating game he said: "The game was not so good… Extra time is always a bit of a gamble, you don’t want to open too much, but then it went to penalties. One of the two goalkeepers is going to be the hero, so it fell for me and I’m happy. [I’m] looking forward to the weekend now."

Asked about how the season might go for Forest, he said: "Yeah of course, we know what to do, the cup is something really nice a few games and you can be in the final."

A huge win for Nottingham Forest, who make it to their second FA Cup quarter-final in the last four years after more than 25 years since their previous appearance.

It has been an incredible season for them, currently riding high in third place in the Premier League. They face Man City in the league on Saturday, while Ipswich will play Crystal Palace.

As far as the FA Cup goes, Forest can look forward to facing Brighton at the end of the month.

You've got to feel for Ipswich. The toughest way to go out of a tournament as Forest win 5-4 on penalties.

Sels saves it and Forest are through!!!

Nottingham Forest 5-4 Ipswich

Hudson Odoi fires to the left and Palmer is sent to the right.

Nottingham Forest 5-4 Ipswich

Johnson finds the left hand side of the net.

Nottingham Forest 4-4 Ipswich

He fires the ball in the top left-hand corner of the net as Palmer goes to the right.

Nottingham Forest 4-3 Ipswich

Cajuste taps the ball straight down the centre in the middle of the net.

Nottingham Forest 3-3 Ipswich

Anderson finds the bottom left corner of the net.

Nottingham Forest 3-2 Ipswich

A strong strike by Delap finds the net.

Nottingham Forest 2-2 Ipswich

Palmer goes the right way, but Gibbs-White gets there first.

Nottingham Forest 2-1 Ipswich

Morsy fires past Sels who goes the wrong way.

Nottingham Forest 1-1 Ipswich

He shoots left of Palmer to find the bottom corner of the net.

Chris Wood is up first for Forest.

You know what that means. The quarter-finalists from this match will be decided by penalties...

Anderson’s corner hits the top of the netting and surely we are now going to penalties? Just one minute of added time to play.

Jota Silvajust had the opportunity to save his side from penalties, as he took aim from the edge of the area, but he's wide of the goal and we are five minutes or so short of the dreaded shoot-out.

Elanga makes way for Jota Silva.

The ref is not interested in Delap's theatrics in the box as he does his best to get a penalty. Alas.