Midfielder Ryan Yates quipped that he feared for his injured shoulder as he celebrated Nottingham Forest’s penalty shootout victory over Sheffield United.
A clip has been doing the rounds on social media of Yates mistiming his leap and missing the pile-on on goalkeeper Brice Samba at the end of Tuesday night’s drama. It might not have done any good to the shoulder he took a whack to in the defeat at Bournemouth earlier this month. But there’s unlikely to be much danger of Yates missing the play-offs final.
“You try to declare him unfit,” boss Steve Cooper had joked, prior to the semi-final second leg against the Blades. And it will be no different come Wembley a week on Sunday.
