Nottingham Forest earn Liverpool respect after 'quality performance' in FA Cup defeat

Liverpool fans have paid credit to Nottingham Forest after progressing to the FA Cup semi-finals.

Forest put in a performance to be proud of as they fell to a 1-0 loss at the quarter-final stage. Steve Cooper's men did not make it easy for Liverpool, who found a late winner on the night.

Taking to Twitter after the match, Liverpool fans have paid tribute to Forest for their performance at the City Ground. Below is a selection of how some of their fans reacted.

: Fair play to NFFC , quality performance, LFC not great but just did enough

: Well played forest.. you have our respect

: Which team was the championship side?

: Not the greatest display, but we got the job done. Bring on City.

: Massive W, on to semis & back to Wembley. Not the best performance today tho, creds to Nottingham Forest.

: Phew!!!! Made hard work of it but all respect to Forest, they played a blinder!

: One of the hardest games we have played this season