Brighton 0-0 Nottingham Forest (3-4 on pens): Forest book FA Cup semi-final date after penalty shoot-out win

Matz Sels was the Nottingham Forest hero as he saved two penalties in the shoot-out to beat Brighton and reach the FA Cup semi-finals.

After 120 minutes of stalemate at the Amex, where the jeopardy of knockout football took over, Sels proved decisive as he saved from Jack Hinshelwood and Diego Gomez to send Forest to Wembley.

It will be their first FA Cup semi-final appearance for 34 years since reaching the final in 1991 where they lost 2-1 to Tottenham.

Ryan Yates dispatched the winning spot-kick, meaning Forest have won their last three FA Cup ties via penalties, and sparked jubilant scenes as Forest's amazing season under Nuno Espirito Santo now has a genuine chance of landing them some silverware in an open-looking FA Cup.

The penalty drama was reward for those that sat through the 120 minutes of the stalest of stalemates. Brighton played with fear, perhaps mentally vulnerable courtesy of the last meeting where Forest won 7-0 win in last month's Premier League fixture.

Player ratings:

Brighton: Verbruggen (7), Hinshelwood (5), Van Hecke (6), Webster (6), Estupinan (6), Baleba (7), Ayari (6), Minteh (6), Rutter (6), Mitoma (6), Welbeck (6)

Subs: Joao Pedro (7), Gomez (5), Gruda (6), Dunk (7)

Nottingham Forest: Sels (9), Murillo (8), Milenkovic (8), Danilo (6), Aina (8), Williams (7), Anderson (7), Yates (7), Domiguez (8), Gibbs-White (7), Awoniyi (7)

Subs: Elanga (7), Hudson-Odoi (7), Morata (7), Jota (7)

Player of the Match: Matz Sels

Callum Hudson-Odoi and Anthony Elanga came on after an hour to liven things up for Forest, and within three minutes Forest had been awarded a penalty. Kaoru Mitoma slid in on Elliot Anderson, catching the midfielder's foot with his elbow and bringing him down.

Referee Peter Bankes pointed to the spot but then overturned his decision after a look at the pitchside monitor, deciding there was insufficient contact.