Swansea City manager Alan Sheehan celebrates after the Carabao Cup third round win over Nottingham Forest
Swansea City manager Alan Sheehan celebrates after the Carabao Cup third round win over Nottingham Forest
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Ange Postecoglou suffered his second successive defeat since taking over as Nottingham Forest manager as his side conceded twice in stoppage time to lose 3-2 at Championship side Swansea City – managed by Athlone native Alan Sheehan – in the Carabao Cup third round despite leading 2-0 on Wednesday.
The Australian, who replaced Nuno Espirito-Santo at the City Ground this month, looked stunned as Cameron Burgess fired in a rebound deep in stoppage time to send the home fans wild.
Forest had controlled the opening half with Igor Jesus scoring twice – his first in the 14th minute when he fired in at the far post after a ball rebounded into his path and the second just before the break after a flowing move.
There was no hint of the drama to come for most of the second half on a rainy south Wales night but Swansea got a lifeline with just over 20 minutes remaining as Burgess found space to head in from a corner.
Slovenian substitute Zan Vipotnik then levelled in the third minute of stoppage time and Forest could not even get to a penalty shoot-out as Burgess pounced after Ethan Galbraith's piledriver came back off the woodwork.
Postecoglou’s side have now conceded six goals in his two games after his Forest reign began with a 3-0 defeat at Arsenal in the Premier League on Saturday.