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Swansea come back from 2-0 down to beat Nottingham Forest in third round Hosts score twice in injury time Cameron Burgess (2) and Zan Vipotnik on scoresheet Igor Jesus had scored first-half double for Ange Postecoglou's side Get Involved: #bbcfootball, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Ian Mitchelmore Swansea City 0-1 Nottingham Forest Savona's cross is turned behind by Key for a Forest corner. Swansea win a free-kick for a push. Into the last few minutes here where the visitors still lead. Swansea City 0-1 Nottingham Forest Chris Wathan BBC Sport Wales at Swansea. com Stadium If you want a body language indication of what Ange Postecoglou thinks of Forest's first-half performance, seeing the new manager with his hands on his hips for the past ten minutes said plenty. His side have the lead and have the obvious advantage of quality, but they've not had the urgency that Swansea have displayed. It's not provided anything to really test John Victor, but it's been enough to keep the home fans hopeful and gives Alan Sheehan something to work with at half-time. Swansea City 0-1 Nottingham Forest Forest get on the ball again, and it's excellent play from Bakwa on the right. He pulls the ball back to Mc Atee who fires wide from close range. A big chance for 0-2 there. Swansea City 0-1 Nottingham Forest Manuel Benson cuts inside from the right wing and fires at goal, but he drags his shot and it's a routine save for John Victor. That's Swansea's first effort on target. Swansea City 0-1 Nottingham Forest Samuels-Smith is tripped, and Swansea take the free-kick quickly. They're really trying to keep the pressure on Forest here. Swansea City 0-1 Nottingham Forest John Victor spills the ball on the edge of his six-yard box, but he gets to his feet to pounce on it quickly. Swansea have been on top here for the last 15 minutes or so. Swansea City 0-1 Nottingham Forest Yalcouye goes down in the box after contact from Boly, but nothing is given. Boly certainly didn't make any contact with the ball there. And then Forest look to break and Ethan Galbraith commits a foul on Douglas Luiz. Yellow card, first of the night. Swansea City 0-1 Nottingham Forest Swansea win another free-kick midway inside the Forest half. Eom and Benson stand over it again. It's Benson who delivers it into the box, and Yalcouye's shot is blocked from the edge of the area. Swansea City 0-1 Nottingham Forest Manuel Benson blazes the free-kick well over. A pretty torrid effort from the summer signing. Swansea City 0-1 Nottingham Forest It's great pressing from Swansea who win the ball back in the Forest half, and Yates brings down Yalcouye around 30 yards out from goal. The Forest captain is a tad lucky not to be booked there. Swansea City 0-1 Nottingham Forest On his first start for the club, deadline day signing Adam Idah has had just seven touches so far, the fewest of any player on the pitch. Alan Sheehan will certainly hope to get the former Celtic man involved more. Swansea City 0-1 Nottingham Forest Encouragement for the home fans as Swansea get higher up the pitch and retain possession. Not much to pick between the sides so far, aside from that all-important Igor Jesus goal which ultimately separates the sides at the midway point of the first half. Swansea City 0-1 Nottingham Forest Eom finds space around 30 yards out and he takes aim at goal, but his effort skims around a foot wide of the Forest goal. Swansea City 0-1 Nottingham Forest Forest have done well to take the sting out of this one. Swansea haven't got close to the Forest box in the last 10 minutes or so. But the hosts are decent enough in possession as they look to find a route back into this one. Swansea City 0-1 Nottingham Forest Swansea look to settle and calm things down after conceding that opener. But Forest are now the ones being aggressive. Hutchinson is almost played through on goal, he spins and gets a shot away, but it's blocked. Igor Jesus It's a lovely move from Forest. Hutchinson cuts inside from the left and has a shot blocked, the ball falls to Igor Jesus who drills in the rebound from a narrow angle. After a slow first 10 minutes, Forest have improved in the last five minutes and take an early lead. Swansea City 0-0 Nottingham Forest Some good defending from Josh Key, and the visitors have another corner. Savona wins the header in the box, but Andy Fisher is on hand to make a simple catch. Swansea City 0-0 Nottingham Forest Igor Jesus somehow wriggles free of the Swansea defence inside the home side's box, but he can't pick out a team-mate. Swansea City 0-0 Nottingham Forest Better from Forest as they work their way up the pitch, and Savona's cross is blocked and goes behind for a corner. It's whipped in by Douglas Luiz, but Swansea clear. Swansea City 0-0 Nottingham Forest Chris Wathan BBC Sport Wales at Swansea. com Stadium Swansea showing some early promise courtesy of the kind of press Postecoglou typically wants from his sides. Adam Idah is showing he's happy to try and force mistakes from the frontline. Idah is making his first start since his £6. 5m deadline day move from Celtic which completed Swansea's most expensive transfer window since relegation from the Premier League. Those six first starts handed out by Postecoglou? They cost around £120m. Cameron Burgess scored his first Swansea goals – and his first since April 2024 – having signed from Ipswich Town in the summer Swansea City shocked Nottingham Forest with a stunning late comeback to progress to the last 16 of the Carabao Cup and keep Ange Postecoglou waiting for his first win in charge of the visitors. Forest had looked like they were set for a comfortable victory after Igor Jesus' first-half double put them in command. But, having already got back into the tie via Cameron Burgess, Zan Vipotnik in injury time struck to seemingly send the game to penalties. Yet more drama was to come as Australia international Burgess fired home from just inside the area to send Forest out and Swansea into the last 16. His compatriot Postecoglou had to watch as the visitors threw victory away to exit a competition that provided the club's last major silverware in 1990. Conversely, Swansea – League Cup winners in 2013 – enjoyed their finest cup success since relegation from the Premier League. That seemed far away when Forest, having made 10 changes from the defeat by Arsenal in Postecoglou's first game in charge, took control via Jesus' first goals since his £10m summer move from Botafogo. The first came after 15 minutes when after a driving run from the left, Hutchinson's shot hit an unsuspecting defender and into the path of Jesus. Squeezing his shot in from the far post, it was the Brazil international's first goal since his winner against Paris St-Germain at the Club World Cup. Swansea carried greater urgency, but not the threat and the tie looked effectively settled in the final moments of the first half as clever work from James Mc Atee down the Forest right picked out Hutchinson who provided a tap-in for Jesus. Burgess' glancing header from Eom Jisung's corner gave Swansea hope and raised noise levels that exploded when Vipotnik turned home Liam Cullen's cross three minutes into stoppage time. And any hopes of penalties saving Postecoglou from embarrassment were denied by Burgess rifling home as Forest failed to clear a corner in the seventh additional minute. After defeat at Emirates Stadium, Postecoglou promised this would be the game where the first signs of his influence on the team he inherited from Nuno Espirito Santo would be visible. He did not have time to waste, he said. And at the very least, the Australian will have gained a greater idea of what he has at his disposal after handing first starts to talent that cost the club the best part of £120m over the summer. He would have had every right to have been impressed with Jesus, the striker nicknamed the 'Little Frog', who jumped at the opportunity to open his account in the south Wales rain. More importantly for Forest, Jesus' second was an example of the kind of football associated with Postecoglou's teams as a sweeping move cut the hosts open and made it easy for the striker to finish. There were signs too of Juventus loanee Douglas Luiz's class and what the likes of Hutchinson and Mc Atee could provide. But there were also signs – as if the result did not make it obvious - that the former Spurs boss has plenty of work to do. It was Swansea who looked to have the kind of tempo 'Angeball' is meant to have, pressing hard from the front with intensity. And although Forest could point to spurned chances from a number of players, it would be tough to say that Swansea did not earn the win. Ethan Galbraith and Mallick Yalcouye impressed and showed why there is renewed hope of the Swans pushing for a return to the Premier League. Given this was the first time they have beaten top-flight opposition in 10 cup ties since dropping into the Championship in 2018, this result will only increase such hopes. Forest head to Burnley on Saturday (15: 00 BST) looking for a first Premier League win of the season before the club's return to European competition after a 30-year wait when they travel to Real Betis in the Europa League next Wednesday. Swansea, meanwhile, head to Birmingham City for their next Championship fixture on Saturday (12: 30 BST). Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Manager: Alan Sheehan Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Ange Postecoglou Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Alan Sheehan Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Ange Postecoglou Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 League Cup All competitions All competitions All competitions Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.