Brendan Rodgers proud as Swansea reach play-off final

11 April 2012

Brendan Rodgers spoke of his pride after Swansea saw off Nottingham Forest 3-1 to reach the npower Championship final and insists he has no preference over who his side meet at Wembley on May 30.

Swans emerged victorious from a thrilling semi-final second leg on a memorable night at the Liberty Stadium, Leon Britton and Stephen Dobbie handing the hosts a 2-0 lead before Forest substitute Robert Earnshaw set up a thrilling finale which ended with Darren Pratley clinching matters deep into injury time.

Rodgers said: "I'm so proud of the club and obviously the players in particular, it was an absolute heroic performance over two legs.

"It was a brilliant game, it was probably a final there in relation to the quality of both sides.

Forest boss Billy Davies remained upbeat, saying: "I said to the players at the end, 'we could do no more'. I thought their performance in the second half was magnificent," he said.

"I've got to say I'm not disappointed, I'm not down. I'm very, very upbeat because of what my players gave us."

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