Wes Foderingham shares message with Sheffield United supporters after club’s defeat to Forest

Sheffield United goalkeeper Wes Foderingham has taken to Twitter to share a message with the club’s supporters following his side’s defeat to Nottingham Forest.

The shot-stopper would have been hoping to help his side keep a clean-sheet at Bramall Lane in the first leg of this play-off semi-final.

However, despite the fact that Foderingham did make some key saves for his side, he couldn’t stop Forest from sealing a 2-1 victory.

After denying Philip Zinckernagel from close range, Foderingham was powerless to prevent Jack Colback from opening the scoring as the Forest man fired an effort into the roof of the net.

The Blades keeper was called into action again just before half-time as produced a fine double save to prevent Sam Surridge and Brennan Johnson.

Following the break, Forest doubled their advantage via an effort from Johnson.

During the closing stages of the game, Sander Berge gave his side a lifeline in terms of the tie by heading home from Morgan Gibbs-White’s delivery.

Reflecting on his side’s performance against Forest on Twitter, Foderingham has admitted that the club are not out of the tie and has insisted that it is still all to play for heading into the second-leg.

The 31-year-old posted: “Down but not out.

“All to play for on Tuesday.”

Down but not out. All to play for on Tuesday ⚔️ pic.twitter.com/giXZAUGvhf

— Wes Foderingham (@wes_foderingham) May 15, 2022

The Verdict

If it wasn’t for Foderingham’s superb individual display, the Blades’ hopes of promotion would have been dashed yesterday.

The keeper recorded an impressive WhoScored match rating of 7.32 in this fixture as he effectively kept his side in the tie.

United now face the daunting task of trying to secure a victory at the City Ground on Tuesday.