Nottingham Forest are out of the FA Cup after a 1-0 defeat to Liverpool, but they can exit at the quarter-final stage with heads held high after a battling performance.
We discussed the game and what it means on the latest Garibladi Red Podcast as host Matt Davies was joined by Forza Garibaldi's Greg Mitchell and the I newspaper's chief football writer Daniel Storey. We began by discussing the banner made by Forza which covered much of the upper tier of the Trent End before looking back on the game itself. You can listen to the full episode here, or watch it here.
The banner has gone down well with the message of a new generation being inspired. Is that how we saw last night and this cup run?
GM: "The technical side of it, we're lucky to have a couple of geniuses who come up with the ideas.
"We're lucky to have a really good group of us that put the ideas into production. Shout out to Cags (Paul Caygill) who designed this one, but there's so many little details in it and it's well worth going to look at our Twitter page to see.
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"There's been a whole generation that hasn't had these famous nights and you hope with this cup run, not just last night, you hope there's little kids in Nottingham who want a Forest shirt not a Man United one.
"I know we didn't get the result but it was a special night and quite an emotional one. You'd hope we're back on the world map again. I thought the display matched the occasion perfectly."
What did the occasion mean overall?
DS: "It's the little things I think with the atmosphere. It feels like mist rolling in has been sung out of loyalty and duty in the last decade.
"You hear it now - and not just last night - and there's a real pride that is a representation of new hope. The Tifo, the display was amazing. I loved it was a girl on her dad's shoulders.
"I love that it was welcoming a new generation of Forest fans, but also a new type of fan of a club that is there for everyone.
"I spoke to Arsenal fans before and after the third round tie. They were gutted to go out but they looked forward to that walk over the Trent.
"They see that as something special and we should celebrate it."
GM: "From the home fans the atmosphere was good as Arsenal and Leicester, if not better, but the Huddersfield game too - this Cup run has encapsulated something.
"You see the Brian Clough Stand all on their feet - that was so rare before this season. There's a video of a man on Twitter in his garden almost a mile from the ground and you can hear the Forest fans. That's from the Trent End. When they sing the whole ground does. It was as good as I've known it this season, from the Forest fans.
"We lost but people stayed until the last two players left. People want to get every second of it. We've had a taste of how we could match up against Premier League opposition.
"If we do go up I don't think we'd struggle each week. I think we'd still love going to games."
Did the game come down to Zinckernagel's miss follow straight away by Jota's goal?
DS: "Everyone at professional level from National League upwards, you see goals going viral you could never do yourself. Every player has the ability to do that.
"What defines them as the best and the rest is being able to do it consistently and also when it matters in the big moments.
"Philip Zinckernagel is a fine player and could have a Premier League career but the difference is if that chance comes to Jota, he scores.
"Liverpool weren't perfect. Firmino missed the one-on-one but we troubled them. We unnerved them and Liverpool were more direct than expected.
"After the goal I thought they would stifle Forest, but Forest gave it a real go. We don't want to accidentally patronise our club, but that means something beyond losing.
"Forest have been a club who have effectively chucked away cup competitions in the last 15 to 20 seasons, but cup form can propel league form and league form can make you feel you have a chance in the cup."
MD: "There were two different under the radar moments which summed it for me. The first time Spence went at van Dijk he saw him off and was very nonchalant early in the game.
"By the 75th minute van Dijk is leathering the ball sideways across the pitch into the dugouts. That showed Forest got at them and a player of his standing."
GM: "That moment (Zinckernagel's chance) in that game against one of the best sides in the world, it was so close. The players seemed to feel it as well with Liverpool soon after.
"It was a huge miss so I feel for him, I really do."
