Alan Tate believes that the Swans were due the bit of luck that they may have had on Thursday night

The Swansea City defender was referring to the decision not to award Nottingham Forest a penalty during the second half of the semi final on Thursday night - a decision that left the tie nicely poised for a Monday night classic at the Liberty Stadium.

Tate told the Evening Post "It hit my elbow, but it was down by my side so I don't know.

"We got away with that one but we were due a bit of luck here.

"After 50-odd seconds, though, we probably didn't think we were going to get it.

"We could have sulked and moaned that we had gone down to ten men but we didn't," he said.

"It was a shock to start with but then we dug in and said we weren't going to get beat.

"You look for everyone when it goes down to ten men.

"Scott (Sinclair) is not known for his defensive work but I got hold of him and kept him back and he did a great job for the team.

"Nathan (Dyer) does a huge job for the team, probably better than any winger I've ever seen, while Fabio (Borini) set the tone up front.

"When you see the way the lads worked for each other and the work we had to do, it was probably the proudest that I've been out there.

"It was a good effort from us but we are nowhere near done.

"We've learned from last time we were in the play-offs. Brentford came to our place (in 2006), got a draw and thought they had won the tie, but we beat them up there.

"So there has been no celebrating or anything like that.

"It's a pat on the back for Thursday night but now we move on to Monday.

"Forest are a very good team and the pressure is on us now to go and beat them at home."

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