Steve Cooper has mixed feelings over Sheffield United draw

Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper felt his side should have beaten Sheffield United rather than being content with a 1-1 Championship draw after scoring a stoppage-time equaliser.

Top scorer Billy Sharp put the home side ahead midway through the second half with his 13th goal of the season after Brennan Johnson missed a penalty for the visitors. With the clock ticking down, Ryan Yates equalised.

Cooper said: “I thought we were excellent. I’m proud of the performance and disappointed we didn’t win. We should have won the game comfortably.

“You’re more than half-pleased that we managed to get something out of the game at the end. It would have been criminal if we’d lost that game, the way that we played.

“We were by far the superior team. There were great performances from individuals and tactically I thought we were excellent. We looked like the home team and our fans certainly made it feel like that as well.”

Johnson had a shot on target inside the opening minute which was beaten away by Wes Foderingham. From the resulting corner, delivered by Garner, Keinan Davis headed just beyond the far post.

Following a quick counter-attack by the hosts, led by Morgan Gibbs-White, Sander Berge fired in a firm shot which was turned away by goalkeeper Ethan Horvath.

Philip Zinckernagel found himself through on goal, but Foderingham made an important save from close range.

Forest were awarded a penalty after 33 minutes when Rhys Norrington-Davies fouled Djed Spence inside the area but Johnson’s weak chipped effort to the centre of the goal was saved comfortably by Foderingham.

Steve Cook nearly put Forest ahead shortly before the hour-mark when his header thumped against the crossbar and Sharp (69) found the net with a far-post