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Brice Samba makes 'best game' admission one year on from Nottingham Forest play-off heroics

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Former Nottingham Forest goalkeeper Brice Samba has called his performance against Sheffield United a year ago as "probably the best game I’ve ever had".

The shot-stopper performed heroically in the second leg of the Reds' semi-final playoff win over the Blades last season. He made a number of key saves including three in the penalty shootout.

Forest went into the second leg with a slender 2-1 lead from the first leg at Bramall Lane after goals from Jack Colback and Brennan Johnson.

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And Johnson gave Forest the lead early on in the second leg at the City Ground to give the Reds a firm advantage. But United responded with current Forest star Morgan Gibbs-White equalising on the night during his loan spell from Wolves, before John Fleck made it 2-1 to level the tie on aggregate.

After a tense period of extra time, the Forest keeper performed heroics in the shootout by saving no fewer than three spot-kicks. Steve Cooper's side won the shootout and went on to beat Huddersfield in the playoff final to seal their return to the Premier League for the first time in 23 years.

And on the one-year anniversary of that famous game, Samba has shared a message on Twitter in acknowledgement of his performance. He tweeted: "Happy anniversary to probably the best game I’ve ever had in my life. Absolutely blessed that day", alongside a smiling love heart and several glove emojis.

The 29-year-old left Forest last the summer to join French Ligue 1 side RC Lens. He made over 100 appearances for the Reds.

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