Oli McBurnie and Morgan Gibbs-White among Sheffield United moments missed at Nottingham Forest

Sheffield United may have seen their season come to an end at the City Ground last night, but they did not go down without a fight. Trailing 1-0 on the night at half-time and 3-1 on aggregate, the Blades produced a spirited second-half comeback to turn the tie upside down and force extra-time and then penalties.

Although Brice Samba was the hero of the shoot-out, United's players did themselves proud as they fell on their sword. It was an action-packed affair with plenty of incident on and off the pitch.

But the one thing that did shine through last night was the team spirit and how much they were very much United until the end.

Here are the moments you may have missed as Sheffield United brought the curtain down on another campaign.

The Aston Villa loanee does not know where his future lies with his contract up at Villa Park in the summer. And there is a saying in football that 'not all loan players care'. That has not been the case here.

Hourihane, along with Morgan Gibbs-White and Ben Davies, have fully bought into the club under Paul Heckingbottom and it was good to see his pre-match antics. Warming up with the substitutes away from the starting XI, Hourihane positioned himself in the line of travel for those players as they headed down the tunnel before kick-off to get ready.

One-by-one he high-fived every player and wished them all the best. On the bench again, he could have been forgiven for having one eye on what the next few months will bring, but he was all about United in this moment.

Heckingbottom wanted everyone involved in this game. For United to reach Wembley it needed to be a team effort and that extended to those beyond the teamsheet. All of United's injured players and those who did not make the 18